Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Venezuela
Marco Rubio, Secretary of State Dylan Johnson, Assistant SecretaryBureau of Global Public Affairs Via Teleconference Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Venezuela Remarks October 26, 2026 ASSISTANT SECRETARY JOHNSON: To ask a question, please use the “raise your hand” feature. And then once you’re called on, you’ll have to unmute your phone to ask your question. And we will give it a second for people to call in here. Okay. We will start with Gabe Gutierrez of NBC. QUESTION: Thank you, Mr. Secretary. I appreciate you doing this. With the timing of María Corina Machado’s return, can you say if the U.S. either urged her to return at this time – did it in any way facilitate her return? And then also more of a – on a housekeeping question, how much oil has the U.S. brought in from Venezuela to date since Maduro’s arrest? I know the President has given various numbers, but what is the most updated figure you have on how much oil has come to – SECRETARY RUBIO: I – yeah, on the oil, I don’t have an updated figure. I mean, what happens is Venezuela is now selling the oil on the global market. Some of it – a lot of it is heavy crude is refined in our refineries in the – in the southern U.S. S
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