The Venezuelan Oil Deal: A Question of Legitimacy and Colonialism Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has criticized the US oil deal with Venezuela's interim government, questioning the legitimacy of the agreement.
She argues that the country's natural resources belong to the Venezuelan people, not an "illegitimate regime.
" The deal, touted by President Trump as the "biggest oil deal in world history," involves the US taking control of over 65 billion barrels of Venezuela's crude oil reserves.