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346 America’s century-long interest in Venezuelan oil

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Caitlin Dewey @ Vox · 01/05/2026 06:50 EDT

America’s century-long interest in Venezuelan oil

This must be about the oil, right? It’s a presumption that got lots of airtime this weekend, following the dramatic seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife by US forces. The pair now face drug trafficking and narco-terrorism charges in New York, while observers in both countries are scrambling to interpret the sudden action by President […]

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