Navarra, Spain
National ID (DNI) No. 73492846A
Navarra, Spain His Excellency Benjamin Leon, Jr.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America
to the Kingdom of Spain and the Principality of Andorra
Embassy of the United States of America
Calle de Serrano, 75
28006 Madrid, Spain RE: Citizen Petition Requesting Congressional and Independent Judicial Investigation into the Legitimacy, Governance and Ethical Standing of the U.S. Department of War / North American Blue Energy Partners (NABEP) Pre-Agreement Concerning Venezuelan Oil ConcessionsYour Excellency,I write to you as a private citizen residing in Navarra, Spain, to respectfully but urgently request that this petition be transmitted through the appropriate channels of the Embassy to the United States Congress, the Office of the Attorney General, and the relevant oversight bodies of the U.S. federal government, so that they may open a formal investigation into the pre-agreement announced in August 2026 between the U.S. Department of War’s Office of Strategic Capital, North American Blue Energy Partners (NABEP), and Venezuela’s unelected interim authorities. This pre-agreement purports to grant NABEP 100-year concessions over 17 Venezuelan oil fields holding approximately 65 billion barrels of proven reserves, together with a 35 percent equity stake for the Pentagon and preferential purchase rights for the State Department.1. The Political Illegitimacy of the CounterpartyThe Venezuelan interim government that claims to grant these concessions did not originate from a free, internationally recognized popular election. It was installed following the forcible removal of the sitting president in January 2026, and it in turn traces its authority to a prior administration whose own democratic legitimacy has been repeatedly and credibly disputed by international observers.Everything that results from this illegal and illegitimate government lacks any moral, ethical, or legal foundation. Without a true, democratically elected government, there is no legitimacy of origin whatsoever. A government of this nature, while in office, would never bow to such an abusive attempt at sequestering national resources for 100 years, nor for 25 years, nor even for a single year, under such an opprobrious pseudo-contract that stands in direct contradiction to the Founding Fathers of America.2. The Opacity of the U.S. PartnersThe pre-agreement is structured through opaque U.S. partners. The American people, and the international partners of the United States, are entitled to know why the Pentagon chose to channel a strategic national-security and energy transaction of this magnitude through non-transparent intermediaries rather than opening the process to established, transparent operators. The immorality of the pre-contract does not depend on the particular party with whom the Pentagon chooses to do business: the problem is structural and inherent.3. Incompatibility with the Founding Principles InvokedThe agreement is publicly framed by the Administration as an assertion of American enterprise, energy independence, and the historic Monroe Doctrine. I submit, with respect, that a secretive hundred-year grant negotiated with an unelected government and channeled through opaque partners is inconsistent with those very principles — the free enterprise, republican accountability, and rule of law that the American founders, and the American public today, have every right to expect from their government’s dealings abroad.No freely elected, democratically legitimate government — Venezuelan or otherwise — would credibly agree to surrender a fifth of its proven reserves for a century without a public mandate to do so.4. A Constructive AlternativeThis petition is not an objection to U.S. investment in Venezuela’s energy sector, nor to the participation of major, reputable operators — including established U.S. majors — in developing fields previously ceded to Russian or Chinese interests. On the contrary: transparent, competitively bid agreements, of the kind associated with Venezuela’s 1990s oil-sector opening (“apertura petrolera”), would be welcomed. The request here is narrower and more precise: that the pre-agreement with NABEP, in its current form and with its current counterparties, be paused and independently reviewed before it is finalized.Requested ActionsI respectfully request that the Embassy forward this petition, and that the following steps be considered by the competent U.S. authorities:
- That the relevant committees of the United States Congress open hearings into the terms, counterparties, and vetting process of the NABEP pre-agreement;
- That the Office of the Attorney General review the due-diligence record concerning NABEP’s ownership and the transparency of its U.S. partners;
- That independent federal courts and inspectors general be permitted to assess the agreement’s compliance with U.S. law and with the standards of transparency the public is entitled to expect; and
- That, pending that review, the pre-agreement not be treated as final or irrevocable.
DNI 73492846A — Navarra, Spain