More: Venezuela
The Reality Check Behind Trump’s Venezuela Oil Deal
President Donald Trump described a major oil deal involving 17 Venezuelan oilfields with about 64 billion barrels of reserves, awarded to North American Blue...
Venezuela’s President Leaves US Without a Deal or Election Date
Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez traveled to New York to attend the UN General Assembly, aiming to secure business deals related to debt, energy,...
Washington’s Oil Takeover of Venezuela
Eight months after U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro, Washington’s involvement in Venezuela has moved far beyond politics. The United States is now gaining a...
Can Venezuela unlock its $4 billion gold reserves?
Venezuela’s government and opposition are nearing an agreement to transfer about $4 billion in central bank gold reserves from the Bank of England to...
Venezuela’s Oil Deal Has a Guyana Problem — and an OPEC One
The August 28th oil deal's least-noticed effects run through two files nobody has read together: it gives Washington, for the first time, a direct...
Can Trump’s Venezuela Oil Plan Derail the Country’s Energy Recovery?
US President Donald Trump’s plan to secure direct access to Venezuela’s oil reserves could undermine the country’s efforts to revive its struggling energy sector....
Regime Change, Itemized: Inside the Venezuela Oil Deal
The 65-billion-barrel Venezuela oil deal is not proof that regime change was sold with a resource contract attached as its explicit precondition — the...
Can US Courts Ignore International Law in Maduro’s Case?
The prosecution of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is set to test how US courts apply international law in criminal cases involving foreign leaders...
Venezuela’s Oil Export Revival Hits a Wall as Tankers Face Month-Long Delays
Venezuela’s attempt to rapidly revive its oil industry is running into a major obstacle: the country’s aging ports cannot handle the growing flow of...
Why Venezuela’s Refineries May Be Too Costly to Save
Venezuela's once powerful refining sector has fallen into severe decline, with aging infrastructure, years of underinvestment, and recent earthquake damage leaving the country's largest...