{"id":8092,"date":"2026-01-09T18:11:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T18:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=8092"},"modified":"2026-01-09T18:11:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T18:11:47","slug":"is-the-us-unlocking-venezuelas-oil-wealth-or-exploiting-it-us-venezuela-tensions-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=8092","title":{"rendered":"Is the US unlocking Venezuela\u2019s oil wealth or exploiting it? | US-Venezuela Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"


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President Donald Trump aims to control and revive Venezuela\u2019s oil industry. Critics call it modern-day colonialism.<\/p>\n

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A nation with the world\u2019s largest oil reserves, Venezuela is now at the centre of a high-stakes economic power play over energy supply \u2013 with global ramifications.<\/p>\n

The United States says it will control the sales and revenue of Venezuelan oil \u201cindefinitely\u201d, days after it abducted the nation\u2019s President Nicolas Maduro.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump wants US companies to invest billions of dollars to revive the nation\u2019s oil sector.<\/p>\n

Washington says that would benefit the people of Venezuela and the US.<\/p>\n

Critics, though, have called the move modern-day colonialism and a direct grab for energy resources.<\/p>\n

And, we look at Iran\u2019s economic crisis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Published On 9 Jan 2026<\/span>9 Jan 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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