Maduro begs OPEC for help as Trump ramps up the pressure, expert weighs in

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President Maduro’s appeal to oil-rich nations Sunday laid bare just how isolated he has become, a Latin American oil expert says, before describing Venezuela as “broke” and drowning in $150 billion of debt.

The Venezuelan dictator’s plea came in a letter in which he appealed to OPEC for support, claiming that U.S. “direct aggression” was undermining Venezuela’s energy sector and threatening global oil stability.

In a letter to OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al Ghais and published by Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil, Maduro wrote, “I hope to count on your best efforts to help stop this aggression, which is growing stronger and seriously threatens the balance of the international energy market, both for producing and consuming countries.”

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