In a move that blurs the line between statecraft and seizure, the Trump administration removed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on narco-terrorism charges and swiftly installed a framework to extract the country's vast oil wealth through a private concession deal it calls the largest in history. A controversial Venezuelan businessman now holds 100-year rights over 17 oil fields, while the US government claims a 35 percent stake and preferential purchase rights at no cost to taxpayers — a bargain whose true price may yet be paid in political and legal instability. The arrangement raises anci
Trump's Venezuelan oil deal promises billions but faces steep political and commercial hurdles
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was kidnapped by the Trump administration; control of the country's finances and governance transferred to unelected officials.