Pressure builds on Biden to repay Venezuela’s goodwill moves

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and REGINA GARCIA CANO
Associated Press

MIAMI (AP) — Pressure is building on the Biden administration to begin unwinding sanctions on Venezuela after President Nicolas Maduro freed two American prisoners and promised to resume negotiations with opponents. Maduro’s followed a weekend trip to Caracas by senior U.S. officials. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has upended the world order, forcing the U.S. to rethink national security priorities. Hostile petrostates under U.S. sanctions like Iran and Venezuela are seen as the most likely to benefit as Washington seeks to mitigate the impact from a ban on Russian oil imports that is adding to the worst inflation in four decades.