PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 13.May.2025, Words: 218) — Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro traveled to China and Russia to meet with his counterparts Xi Jingping and Vladimir Putin, among others officials from both countries.
The trip was part of a renewed plan by the OPEC country to strengthen ties with its long-term allies amid new tariffs announced by US president Donald Trump as well as renewed sanctions imposed on Venezuela’s oil sector.