An executive from the US oil company Halliburton reminded US President Donald Trump that the reason the company abandoned its operations in Venezuela was the sanctions imposed on the South American country by the president himself in 2019 , during his first term in the White House, although "we intended to stay."

Out of the horse mouth:

“As a company, we left under the sanctions in 2019. We intended to stay,” but “when the sanctions came into place, we were required to leave.”

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Source -> https://www.telesurtv.net/halliburton-trump-sancion-petroleo-venezuela/