Venezuela has received the first proceeds from a US sale of Venezuelan crude oil , following the capture of President  Nicolas Maduro by the United States earlier in January. The US announced last week that it had completed a $500 million sale of Venezuelan crude oil. "We should inform you that we have gotten funds, from the sale of oil, and we ‍have gotten, of the first $500 million, $300 million," interim leader Delcy Rodriguez said at an event in Caracas on Tuesday. Rodriguez said she would