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FILE - Flare stacks release gases at the Jose Antonio Anzoategui oil complex in Barcelona, Venezuela, Jan. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

FILE - Flare stacks release gases at the Jose Antonio Anzoategui oil complex in Barcelona, Venezuela, Jan. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

FILE - A sculpture of a hand holding an oil drilling rig stands outside the state-run oil company Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. or PDVSA, in Caracas, Venezuela, March 21 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

FILE - A sculpture of a hand holding an oil drilling rig stands outside the state-run oil company Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. or PDVSA, in Caracas, Venezuela, March 21 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

FILE - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro addresses government supporters after he was sworn in for a third six-year term, at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

FILE - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro addresses government supporters after he was sworn in for a third six-year term, at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

FILE - Venezuelan migrant Lisbeth Contreras and her children cross the Suchiate River on a raft from Tecun Uman, Guatemala, into Mexico, Oct. 26, 2024, as they make their way to the U.S. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

FILE - Venezuelan migrant Lisbeth Contreras and her children cross the Suchiate River on a raft from Tecun Uman, Guatemala, into Mexico, Oct. 26, 2024, as they make their way to the U.S. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

FILE - A vendor counts Venezuelan Bolivars and U.S. dollar bills as change for a customer at a public market in the Quinta Crespo neighborhood, in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

FILE - A vendor counts Venezuelan Bolivars and U.S. dollar bills as change for a customer at a public market in the Quinta Crespo neighborhood, in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

FILE - Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado holds up tally sheets during a protest against the reelection of President Nicolás Maduro one month after the disputed presidential vote which she says the opposition won by a landslide, in Caracas, Venezuela, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

FILE - Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado holds up tally sheets during a protest against the reelection of President Nicolás Maduro one month after the disputed presidential vote which she says the opposition won by a landslide, in Caracas, Venezuela, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

FILE - Venezuelan's then Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami, left, shakes hands with then Chevron President in Venezuela, Javier La Rosa, during an agreement signing ceremony in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

FILE - Venezuelan's then Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami, left, shakes hands with then Chevron President in Venezuela, Javier La Rosa, during an agreement signing ceremony in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

FILE - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, left, shakes hands with National Electoral Council President Elvis Amoroso after declaring Maduro the winner of the presidential election, in Caracas, Venezuela, July 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

FILE - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, left, shakes hands with National Electoral Council President Elvis Amoroso after declaring Maduro the winner of the presidential election, in Caracas, Venezuela, July 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

FILE - Opposition lawmaker and economist Jose Guerra speaks during a congressional session in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

FILE - Opposition lawmaker and economist Jose Guerra speaks during a congressional session in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

FILE - State Department Special Representative for Venezuela, Ambassador Elliott Abrams appears before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

FILE - State Department Special Representative for Venezuela, Ambassador Elliott Abrams appears before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)