Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez calls Guyana a pawn of Marco Rubio and ExxonMobil [statement]

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Aug.2025, Words: 192) — Venezuela’s executive vice president Delcy Rodríguez labelled neighboring Guyana, which is on track this year to surpass Venezuela as the largest oil producer in northern South America, a pawn to US political and big oil interests. 

This, amid an US military buildup in the Caribbean off Venezuela’s coasts and as Venezuela continues to defend its rights and sovereignty over the disputed Essequibo territory.