Oil, minerals and Trump’s blockbuster Venezuela takeover

January 6, 2026

The Trump administration says it can’t wait to get Venezuela’s oil “flowing the way it should be” and boost the nation’s mining industry after the Trump team removed the country’s leader and announced a U.S. takeover.

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