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Wright Delivers Remarks in Caracas, Venezuela, Feb. 11, 2026

February 11, 2026 · U.S. Department of Energy · 0:08:25

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What happened

Energy Secretary Chris Wright delivered remarks in Caracas, Venezuela, in the Department of Energy’s upload of the February 11, 2026 event, standing with Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez. Wright brought a message from President Trump, he said: the President is passionately committed to transforming the relationship between the United States and Venezuela — part of a broader agenda of peace and commerce in the Americas, bringing jobs, prosperity, and opportunity to the Venezuelan people in partnership with the United States, backed, he said, by very specific actions rather than words.

Wright said the government in Washington had been working seven days a week to issue licenses so existing businesses in Venezuela, new entrants, and Venezuelan national companies can buy products, invest, raise oil production, create jobs, and grow export revenue. He and Rodríguez had spoken candidly, he said, and working together the two countries can this year drive a dramatic increase in Venezuelan oil, gas, and electricity production — and, most importantly, in job opportunities, wages, and quality of life for Venezuelans, as he presented the goal.

Why it matters

Caracas is the diplomatic centerpiece of Wright’s Venezuela energy opening: the Energy Secretary delivering the transformation message in person beside the acting president, with the licensing drive in Washington presented as the working machinery behind it — the visit he returned to at Miraflores in September.

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Scoreboard candidate: Secretary Wright’s Caracas commitment of February 11, 2026 — a dramatic increase in Venezuelan oil, gas, and electricity production this year through the U.S. licensing effort, as he stated the goal alongside acting President Rodríguez. Flagged for the scoreboard editor; no entry is published from this page.

Sources: U.S. Department of Energy, “Secretary Wright Delivers Remarks in Caracas, Venezuela - February 11, 2026” (official upload, embedded above; remarks as delivered by Secretary Wright, in English and in Spanish interpretation).