Scoop: U.S. close to striking “massive” deal for Venezuelan oil fields

August 27, 2026

The Trump administration is in talks with Venezuela’s interim government about taking an ownership stake in the South American country’s enormous oil resources, two U.S. officials tell Axios.

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