The Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) Amuay oil refinery at the Paraguana Refinery Complex in Punto Fijo, Falcon State, Venezuela.
Photographer: Betty Laura Zapata/BloombergOil Expats Desperately Needed in Venezuela Don't Want to Go Home
A global diaspora of oil workers holds the key to the country’s recovery, but many still don’t trust the government.
Venezuela needs more than money to revive its battered oil industry.
It needs a sprawling diaspora of oil workers who fled the Caribbean country under President Nicolás Maduro to return. Even with the former strongman now sitting in a US jail, that’s a hard sell.
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