Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado heaped praise on President Donald Trump during a Fox News interview Monday as she promised to return to her country and called for elections to replace deposed president Nicolás Maduro — saying she would win in a landslide despite Trump’s repeated dismissals of her ability to lead.

US President Donald Trump has said Venezuela "will be turning over" up to 50m barrels of oil to the US, after a surprise military operation that removed President Nicolás Maduro from power.

First, the country must kick out China, Russia, Iran, and Cuba and sever economic ties, the sources said. Second, Venezuela must agree to partner exclusively with the U.S. on oil production and favor America when selling heavy crude oil, they added.

Matthew Heath, a corporal in the Corps from 1999 until 2003, says Maduro detained Americans to be used as "trading chips" and a policy tool.

Venezuela will be turning over tens of millions of barrels of oil to the United States, President Donald Trump said Tuesday, days after the U.S. military seized the president of the country, Nicolas Maduro.

"This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America," Trump said.

María Corina Machado told CBS News in a network exclusive interview the people of Venezuela have picked her opposition movement to lead the country in the wake of Nicolás Maduro's ouster.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio was said to have listed the Trump administration’s demands to Venezuela’s new leader, Delcy Rodríguez, in a classified meeting Monday with senior congressional leaders.

Oil prices are already under pressure due to ample supply and weak demand growth, adding strain on US shale producers.