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US and Venezuela seal 25-year oil deal

US and Venezuela seal 25-year oil deal
France 24 Sunday 30 August 2026, 11:34 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 and Venezuela seal 25-year oil deal Americas Issued on: Share US President Donald Trump has called it “the biggest oil deal in world history”, while Venezuela’s interim president has assured the public that the country will retain control of its oil under the agreement. The “historic” 25-year deal with Washington involves 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil and aims to allow the country to develop its oil industry while preserving “ownership of and sovereignty” over its resources, Rodriguez said in a televised address. Rachael Griffiths has more.
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