Nicolás Maduro Guerra, known as "Nicolasito" and the son of the former Venezuelan president imprisoned in the United States, posted this Saturday on his X account an official statement with institutional Venezuelan design in which he endorsed the historic oil agreement announced between Venezuela and Washington, explicitly thanking President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio for their role in the deal.
The statement, released in Spanish and English, describes the agreement as "a historic milestone in the bilateral relations between Venezuela and the U.S." and outlines its terms: the development of 17 strategic fields with a proven potential of 65 billion barrels of oil, an investment exceeding 100 billion dollars, and more than 209 billion dollars in taxes for the Venezuelan state, with participation from private operators.
"I am deeply grateful to the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, as well as to the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, and to the U.S. government for their willingness to develop this agreement," reads the text released by Maduro Guerra.
Maduro Guerra's statement concludes with a declaration of objectives: "Our goal is to move towards the consolidation of a producing energy power, placing our immense reserves at the service of national development, job creation, increasing the income of our workers, and the well-being of our people."
The agreement was announced by Trump over the weekend and confirmed by the acting president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, who publicly supported the pact alongside the United Socialist Party of Venezuela.
Trump described it as the “largest oil deal in history” and claimed that the United States would gain majority control over the reserves at no cost to the taxpayer.
The prominent role of Maduro Guerra in the dissemination of the agreement is noteworthy for several reasons. The Southern District Attorney's Office of New York included him in a formal accusation in January 2026 for alleged involvement in a drug trafficking network, and Washington demanded his extradition to Caracas in February of that year.
Despite this, the member of the National Assembly and president of the Interior Policy Commission of the Venezuelan parliament now appears as a public spokesperson for a pact with the very government that is pursuing his family legally.
The agreement is the culmination of a process that began after the capture of Nicolás Maduro Moros on January 3, 2026, by U.S. forces.
Since then, Delcy Rodríguez's government has chosen a pragmatic dialogue with Washington: Venezuela sent its first shipments of oil to the U.S. and the Department of the Treasury issued licenses for U.S. companies to operate in the country.
In August, several of those companies had already signed formal agreements with Caracas, according to Reuters.
The agreement has not been without criticism. Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar initially questioned its terms before softening her stance, while The New York Times noted that it would be "very unusual" for the U.S. federal government to acquire interests in the resources of another country and that the legal mechanism was unclear.
From Cuba, the official blogger known as "El Necio" accused the Venezuelan government of "handing over a century of oil extraction to the U.S." while refusing to sell fuel to the island.
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