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America’s Murky Deal to Secure a Fifth of Venezuela’s Oil

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In a stunning geopolitical shift, the U.S. has entered an unprecedented, murky deal to take control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuela's proven oil reserves—roughly a fifth of the nation's total supply. How did Washington transition from harsh sanctions and regime-change rhetoric to striking a major