U.S. Diplomacy toward Venezuela and Saudi Arabia: "Do as I say, not as I do"

A number of companies and governments throughout the world (Jamaica, Repsol, etc.) have been asking or considering asking Washington for “permission” to purchase Venezuelan oil or to invest in the Venezuelan oil industry. Washington had “prohibited it” on grounds of alleged violation of human rights in Venezuela. How do the leaders and the people of these nations feel now that Biden has cozied up to Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, who even the CIA revealed gave the orders to murder journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was chopped up into pieces?