Venezuela released two Americans from detention Tuesday in a gesture of goodwill to the United States after the first diplomatic talks between the two countries in at least three years.
One of them was part of a group of six oil executives with Citgo, a U.S. refining company owned by Venezuela’s state oil firm, who were arrested during a business trip to Caracas in 2017, two sources in Venezuela told the Miami Herald.
The release came on the same day President Joe Biden said the United States would not be importing oil from Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine. U.S. officials are exploring whether to turn to Venezuela as a potential alternative supplier as gasoline prices soar.
