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Mark Warner: “Venezuela used to export 4 million barrels of oil a day, now…”

Featuring: Mark Warner, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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American Conversations: Senator Mark Warner

Published | Video Starts at 05:55

Maduro came in and Maduro was like all of the graft plus but with none of the charm. And Maduro has been slowly driving the Venezuelan economy into the ditch. He's taken an economy that was dependent upon oil. Venezuela used to export 4 million barrels of oil a day, now it's down to a million barrels. of oil. Most of the western countries have been pushed out, although Chevron had continued to operate in Venezuela and frankly was the last efficient operator. But Maduro was. (05:55–06:01)

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Asserts a decline in Venezuela's oil exports from 4 million to 1 million barrels per day.

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