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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Collin Binkley and Juan Pablo Arraez

Trump’s deal gives the US access to vast oil reserves in Venezuela – what we know

The White House has offered little detail regarding what President Donald Trump has described as "THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY" in Venezuela, beyond a single social media post.

Trump said the arrangement announced Friday night would give the United States a stake in Venezuela’s immense oil reserves.

It marks a step towards his goal of extracting energy from the country after US forces captured then-President Nicolás Maduro in a late-night raid in January and brought him to New York on federal drug trafficking charges.

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