The Trump administration revoked Chevron’s Biden-era license to pump oil in Venezuela earlier this year. The move was championed by hard-line critics of Maduro’s government, including Rubio and key Florida Republicans in Congress, whose support Trump needed for his domestic policy package.

The case of Dahud Hanid Ortíz, a U.S.-Venezuelan citizen brought home in Trump’s prisoner swap, has upset U.S. allies and sown division in the State Department.