Marco Rubio
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We seize those boats with oil, and that will continue.
And we will continue to reserve the right to take strikes against drug boats that are bringing drugs towards the United States that are being operated by transnational criminal organizations, including the Cartel de los Soles.
Of course, their leader, the leader of that cartel, is now in U.S.
justice in the Southern District of New York, and that's Nicolas Maduro.
So we made a big progress in that regard.
We want Venezuela to move in a certain direction because not only do we think it's good for the people of Venezuela, it's in our national interest.
It either touches on something that's a threat to our national security or touches on something that's either beneficial or harmful.
So obviously I'm very involved in this.
Well, of course, I mean, I think everyone knows I'm pretty involved on politics in this hemisphere.
Obviously, the Secretary of State and National Security Advisor are very involved in all these.
The oil arrangement that we've made with PDVSA on their sanctioned oil, that they can't move.
Understand, they are not generating any revenue from their oil right now.
They can't move it unless we allow it to move because we have sanctions, because we're enforcing those sanctions.