Cuba needs 100,000 barrels of oil a day to keep the lights on, experts say, and to keep its buses, trains and factories running. But because of President Trump, it is not getting nearly enough. With the Trump administration exerting control over Venezuela’s oil industry, Cuba is receiving only a trickle of the oil it […]
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Trump welcomes Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado in closed-door meeting | Donald Trump News
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has travelled to Washington, DC, to meet with United States President Donald Trump at the White House, following the abduction of her political adversary, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Thursday’s meeting was the first time the two leaders encountered one another face to face. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend […]
US says it will control Venezuela’s oil sales ‘indefinitely’ | Oil and Gas News
The United States says it will control sales of Venezuelan oil “indefinitely” and decide how the proceeds of those sales are used, as President Donald Trump’s administration consolidates control over the South American country after abducting its president. The US Department of Energy said on Wednesday that it had “begun marketing” Venezuelan oil on global […]
Why Trump Removed Venezuela’s Maduro
new video loaded: Why Trump Removed Venezuela’s Maduro David E. Sanger, our national security correspondent, describes the implications of President Trump’s launching of the attack that captured the Venezuelan president, and Trump’s declaration that the United States would “run the country.” By David E. Sanger, Alexandra Ostasiewicz, Leila Medina and June Kim January 3, 2026 […]
Why has the US captured Venezuela’s president and what happens next? | Venezuela
Overnight on Friday, the US carried out airstrikes across Venezuela, with explosions rocking the capital, Caracas, before dawn. Shortly afterwards, Donald Trump announced that US forces had captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, and flown them out of the country. The US attorney general, Pam Bondi, said they would face […]
Trump says US will be ‘very strongly involved’ in Venezuela’s oil industry after military attack | Donald Trump
Donald Trump has vowed that the US is “going to run” Venezuela until there is an orderly transition of power but provided few details after ousting the country’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, in an audacious military attack. Speaking at a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday, the president hailed an […]
Venezuela’s reserves have strategic advantages for the US
Risk analyst Jose Chalhoub explains why Venezuela’s oil is more appealing to the US than oil from the Middle East Source link