About US$3 billion from Venezuela's frozen assets held in U.S. and European banks is expected to go to a U.N.-administered fund. The agreement restarts negotiations and clears the way for Chevron to resume pumping Venezuelan oil.
WASHINGTON (AN) — A new U.N.-administered fund to direct US$3 billion in humanitarian aid to Venezuelans will be set up under an agreement between representatives of President Nicolas Maduro's government and the opposition.
The signing of the agreement on Saturday in Mexico City between the socialist government and opposition, including U.S.-backed Juan Guaidó, restarts negotiations and clears the way for Chevron to resume pumping oil from its Venezuelan joint ventures.
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