Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, is a familiar name in Venezuela – and some are wondering if a decade-old feud will play a role in the bilateral agenda. “Today the United States need little from Venezuela, unlike Venezuela, which needs the cash payments of the oil it sells to the U.S.,” Salamanca said. “[Tillerson] took it very personal with Chávez,” said Ghassan Dagher, a Venezuelan oil industry consultant to the New York Times recently. “We’ see if the relation between Maduro and Putin has more weight than that of Putin and Tillerson,” Salamanca said. “I have the impression that Venezuela, weak as it is today, will not have as much weight in Putin's policy.”

Source: Fox News January 11, 2017 16:52 UTC