Venezuela Reports Death Toll; PDVSA Seeks Oil Talks (Full Transcript)

Name: Venezuela Reports Death Toll; PDVSA Seeks Oil Talks
Uploaded: 2026-01-08T07:03:42+00:00
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Description: Cabello cites deaths after strikes as Caracas tightens security; PDVSA says oil-trade talks with the Trump administration would be purely commercial.

Cabello cites deaths after strikes as Caracas tightens security; PDVSA says oil-trade talks with the Trump administration would be purely commercial.

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[00:00:09] Speaker 1: This is the first time that a government official make a reference about the amount of people that were killed. The Minister of Interior Affairs of Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello, reported on the death toll after the three kinetic strikes that took place on Venezuela. Meanwhile, Venezuelans are trying to return to their daily routines. They keep stocking on food and medicines, but we have witnessed less lines in commercial stores such as supermarkets and pharmacies. In contrast, in the night, the streets of Caracas look emptier. There are security checkpoints across the city that are guarding key strategic buildings such as the one of the main oil industry in Venezuela, PDVSA. And in addition to that, PDVSA announced today that they will engage into conversations with the Trump administration to trade oil, trade high volumes of barrels of oil. They say this agreement will be strictly commercial and it doesn't have anything related to politics within this agreement.

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A Venezuelan Interior Ministry official, Diosdado Cabello, publicly referenced the death toll following three kinetic strikes in Venezuela. As residents try to resume daily life, they continue stocking up on food and medicines, with shorter lines at supermarkets and pharmacies, while Caracas streets are emptier at night amid increased security checkpoints protecting strategic sites like PDVSA. PDVSA also announced plans to hold commercial talks with the Trump administration to trade large volumes of oil, asserting the deal would be strictly commercial and not political.

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Venezuela cites post-strike deaths; PDVSA seeks oil talks

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Neutral: The passage is primarily factual and reportorial, describing casualties, public behavior, security measures, and planned oil trade talks without overtly positive or negative language beyond the serious context of deaths and heightened security.

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Question 1:
Who reported the death toll after the three kinetic strikes in Venezuela?
Diosdado Cabello
Nicolás Maduro
Juan Guaidó
Rafael Ramírez
Correct Answer:
Diosdado Cabello

Question 2:
What change in daily life in Caracas is noted during the nights?
Streets look emptier
Public transport is free
Curfew has been lifted
Markets stay open later
Correct Answer:
Streets look emptier

Question 3:
What did PDVSA announce it would do regarding the Trump administration?
Engage in talks to trade large volumes of oil
Suspend all exports immediately
Nationalize foreign oil assets
Begin peace negotiations
Correct Answer:
Engage in talks to trade large volumes of oil

Question 4:
According to the report, how have lines at supermarkets and pharmacies changed?
They are shorter/lessened
They are significantly longer
They have disappeared completely
They are unchanged
Correct Answer:
They are shorter/lessened

Question 5:
What does PDVSA claim about the nature of the proposed oil agreement?
It is strictly commercial and not political
It is primarily political leverage
It is a military alliance
It is a humanitarian aid deal
Correct Answer:
It is strictly commercial and not political

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