U.S. Secures Majority Oil Control in Venezuela Deal with Trump
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The U.S. struck a deal with Venezuela to get majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of oil reserves, President Donald Trump announced Friday.
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FortunePresident Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S. has entered an agreement with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of the South American country’s oil reserves.
Common DreamsFollowing Trump's invasion of Venezuela in January, energy historian and Eurasia Group analyst Gregory Brew told The Guardian, "US dominance over Venezuelan oil reserves allows the US to regard Venezuelan reserves as its own reserves: a source of oil from which the United States can draw and that nobody else has access to."
Washington Times BusinessWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S. has entered an agreement with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of the South American country’s oil reserves.
Financial TimesTrump says US to take control of 65bn barrels of Venezuelan oil The president says the countries’ joint venture will lower petrol prices for Americans
BloombergPentagon Is in Talks With Venezuelan Mogul for Massive Oil Deal The US government is pursuing a major stake in Venezuelan oil reserves via a potential partnership between the Department of Defense and Alejandro Betancourt, a controversial energy investor who has become a key middleman between the two countries.
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Trump in a social media post announced the agreement he said was negotiated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez.
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Washington Times BusinessTrump in a social media post announced the agreement he said was negotiated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez.
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Trump loses bid to challenge hush-money conviction in federal court New York judge says president’s arguments were ‘neither new nor legally sufficient’
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CNBCA federal judge on Friday rejected an effort by President Donald Trump to transfer to federal court the New York state criminal hush money case that ended with his conviction.
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01 Fortune The announcement of the deal comes nearly nine months after the U.S. military at Trump’s direction carried out an operation to capture Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro and spirit him to the United States to face federal narcoterrorism and drug trafficking charges.
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02 Washington Times Business The announcement of the deal comes nearly nine months after the U.S. military at Trump’s direction carried out an operation to capture Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro and spirit him to the United States to face federal narcoterrorism and drug trafficking charges.
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03 Bloomberg Billionaire Gilinski, GeoPark Said to be Near Venezuela Oil Deal Colombia’s richest family is nearing a Venezuela oil deal in conjunction with GeoPark Ltd, a Bogota-based oil company in which it is the largest shareholder with a 28% stake, according to people familiar with the matter who asked for anonymity discussing confidential plans.
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04 CNBC Trump said in an evening social media post that the deal comes "at no cost to" U.S. taxpayers. This is breaking news. Please refresh for updates.
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05 Common Dreams "Handing over Venezuela's oil wealth to the US contravenes the Constitution and is not in the interest of the Venezuelan people—much more when it is done at gunpoint," said one analyst.
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