The United States is preparing to grant new authorizations to key partners of Venezuela's state-run PDVSA, starting with Chevron , to allow them to operate with limitations in the sanctioned OPEC nation and swap oil,

This development could constitute a departure from the pressure strategy that the US has maintained this year against Venezuela's oil industry.

The U.S. government is considering granting limited authorizations to Chevron and possibly other partners of Venezuela's PDVSA. This potential policy shift could allow these companies to operate in Venezuela despite ongoing U.

The US Treasury on Friday announced sanctions against a Venezuelan cartel group which it claims is led by President Nicolas Maduro.

Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA is getting ready to resume work at its joint ventures under terms similar to Biden-era licenses, once U.S. President Donald Trump reinstates authorizations for its partners to operate and export oil under swaps,

In a marked shift in U.S. policy toward Venezuela, the Trump administration has quietly approved a new license allowing oil giant Chevron to restart its operations in the South American nation, according to sources with direct knowledge of the negotiations.

Some 250 Venezuelans deported from the US to El Salvador will be exchanged for 10 Americans held in Caracas, according to officials.

But one of those men is an American-Venezuelan dual citizen who was convicted of murdering three people in Spain in 2016, according to Venezuelan court records and statements from officials in Madrid.

Multiple sources said the exchange involved between 230 and 250 Venezuelan detainees held in El Salvador. and approximately 80 political prisoners and nine or 10 U.S. citizens or legal residents imprisoned in Venezuela.

The Trump administration announced Friday it helped facilitate a prisoner swap, securing the release of 10 U.S. citizens held in Venezuela in exchange for the return of more than 250 Venezuelan

Chevron regains license to operate in Venezuela as Trump shifts foreign policy, despite criticism from Secretary Rubio and concerns about benefiting Maduro's government.