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US to control one fifth of Venezuela's oil reserves, Trump says

US to control one fifth of Venezuela's oil reserves, Trump says
France 24 Saturday 29 August 2026, 08:55 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. US to control one fifth of Venezuela's oil reserves, Trump says Americas Issued on: Modified: Share President Donald Trump on Friday announced an unprecedented US push to take control of a fifth of Venezuela's vast oil reserves, betting that American companies can revive the OPEC nation's battered energy industry while delivering a new source of crude to help bring down US fuel prices.
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