WikiLeaks has published a declassified 1978 U.S. diplomatic cable revealing U.S. interest in Venezuelan oil. <\/p>\n
WikiLeaks has published an excerpt of a 1988 declassified cable between the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Embassy in Caracas highlighting the United States' longstanding interests in Venezuela. <\/p>\n
RELATED: Tillerson Threatens Regime Change in Venezuela <\/p>\n
The cable, titled \"U.S. Goals, Objectives and Resource Management for Venezuela,\" outlines that the main goal of U.S.-Venezuela relations is to ensure that \"Venezuela continues to supply a significant portion of our petroleum imports and continue to follow a moderate and responsible oil price position in OPEC.\" <\/p>\n
The release of the declassified document comes a day after U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned of \"regime change\" in Venezuela. <\/p>\n
We are evaluating all of our policy options as to what can we do to create a change of conditions where either Maduro decides he doesnt have a future and wants to leave of his own accord or we can return the government processes back to their constitution, Tillerson told a press conference. <\/p>\n
Tillerson is the former CEO of oil giant ExxonMobile, raising suspicion his position on Venezuela has been influenced by oil interests. <\/p>\n
President Maduro has attacked the recent sanctions are an \"imperialist attack\" against Venezuela. <\/p>\n
Cuba likewise described U.S. actions as \"an international plot to suppress the will of the Venezuelan people.\" <\/p>\n
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