Venezuela’s Vice Pres­i­dent Del­cy Ro­dríguez is warn­ing that the Unit­ed States is “de­ceiv­ing” Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar over the new li­cence for ex­plo­ration of the Dragón gas field, which lies in Venezue­lan wa­ters.

She made it clear that Trinidad and To­ba­go must pay for Venezuela’s gas.

“The Prime Min­is­ter is head­ing off a cliff by be­liev­ing that Mar­co Ru­bio can give them Venezue­lan gas. They have to pay for Venezue­lan gas. Any mol­e­cule ex­port­ed has to be paid for; that’s in­ter­na­tion­al co­op­er­a­tion, those are nat­ur­al trade re­la­tions,” Ro­dríguez said.