08-01-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com

Venezuela's Maduro seeks oil contract changes with congressional shakeup: lawmakers

Venezuela's ruling Socialist Party hopes legislators it recently declared to be in charge of congress will approve changes to ownership of some crucial state oil assets, five opposition lawmakers said on Wednesday.Pro-government legislators on Sunday declared little-known politician Luis Parra as the head of congress after troops blocked opposition lawmakers from backing Juan Guaido for a second term.Maduro wants the Socialist-backed legislators to make legal new investments by oil companies fro
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