The Trump administration this year revoked Chevron's Biden-era license to pump oil in Venezuela, saying that Maduro was not legitimately elected and had refused to accept deportation flights, the Wall Street Journal reported. The move was championed by critics of Maduro's government, including Rubio.

The Trump administration revoked Chevron’s Biden-era license to pump oil in Venezuela earlier this year. The move was championed by hard-line critics of Maduro’s government, including Rubio and key Florida Republicans in Congress, whose support Trump needed for his domestic policy package.

The Trump administration is reversing its stance on Chevron’s licence to produce oil in Venezuela, in a significant softening of policy towards the authoritarian socialist government of President Nicolás Maduro.