特朗普政府与委内瑞拉临时总统德尔西·罗德里格斯周三在卡拉卡斯签署了一项重大石油开采协议2。根据该协议，美国主导的公司将获得委内瑞拉17个油田100年的特许权，涉及650亿桶原油，超过该国已探明油储的20%2。特朗普称其为"世界历史上最大的石油交易"2，并承诺投资1000亿美元和超过200亿美元税收2。美国官员声称这一协议将帮助稳定和重建委内瑞拉民主，同时为美国获得战略性石油储备1。
然而，该协议引发了广泛批评和担忧。美国前特使艾略特·艾布拉姆斯指责这是"单方面的殖民主义"2，委内瑞拉反对派和社会主义者则称其为"背叛"和"资源掠夺"2。委内瑞拉反对派担忧民主制度尚未恢复1。在效益预期上，特朗普承诺两三年内产生利润2，但能源专家警告称，实现相应生产水平需要十年而非两三年2。莱斯大学贝克研究所的路易斯·帕切科表示，委内瑞拉需在8年内投入约1000亿美元才能恢复30年前的油气生产水平2。
The Trump administration has moved to defend a sweeping oil agreement granting American-led companies control over vast energy resources in Venezuela 2. Under the deal signed Wednesday in Caracas, US firms secured 100-year operating rights across 17 Venezuelan oil fields containing approximately 65 billion barrels of crude—more than 20 percent of Venezuela's proven reserves 2. The agreement, involving the North American Blue Energy Partners (Nabep) company alongside Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodríguez, has sparked intense controversy despite official claims it will stabilize and reconstruct Venezuelan democracy while securing strategic petroleum supplies for the United States 12.
Trump administration officials have characterized the arrangement as historic and transformative 2. The president called it the "largest oil deal in world history" and pledged $100 billion in investment alongside over $200 billion in tax revenue 2, with profits projected to materialize within two to three years 2. The accord grants American-appointed board members effective veto power, with the majority of the board required to be US citizens 2. Yet this optimism faces substantial skepticism. Energy experts have warned that restoring Venezuelan production to the levels Trump envisions would require approximately a decade rather than the promised two to three years, with researcher Luis Pacheco from Rice University's Baker Institute estimating Venezuela needs about $100 billion in investment over eight years merely to recover production levels from three decades ago 2.
Venezuelan opposition figures and critics have expressed deep concern about the arrangement. Opposition leaders worry that democratic governance has not yet been genuinely restored before such resource concessions were granted 1. The agreement has drawn accusations of "one-sided colonialism" from Elliot Abrams, a former US special envoy, while Venezuelan opponents and socialists have condemned it as "betrayal" and "resource plundering" 2.
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