Eight months after the capture, Delcy Rodríguez signed an agreement granting the United States preferential access to 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil. ^[1] On January 3, 2026, the United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. ^[2] The sector of the Chavismo remaining in power in Venezuela, under the leadership of Delcy Rodríguez, announced an agreement with the United States for a US entity to control and exploit 25% of Venezuela's total oil reserves. ^[3] A Republican official announced the oil agreement as the largest oil agreement in world history. ^[4] Delcy Rodríguez is serving as the acting president by design of Donald Trump. ^[5] The agreement was negotiated privately with the key participation of businessman Alejandro Betancourt, who has been investigated for money laundering in Switzerland and Spain. ^[6] The company North American Blue Energy Partners, owned by Betancourt and with a 35% stake from the Pentagon's Office of Strategic Assets, will initially exploit 17 oil fields totaling 65 billion barrels. ^[7] The deal has pleased Donald Trump and Delcy Rodríguez, while leaving the opposition and a sector of the Chavismo itself perplexed. ^[8]