Recent polls show that Venezuelans are overwhelmingly opposed to sanctions, with 65% against those implemented during Trump’s first term. This widespread refusal represents an essential viewpoint: locals believe that the cantions bring more pain than solutions.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that his administration would likely stop buying oil from Venezuela and was looking "very strongly" at the South American country.

We don’t have to buy their oil, we have plenty of oil,” Donald Trump said during remarks to reporters at the Oval Office hours after he was sworn in for a second term.