News Source EXCERPT: Don’t look now, but Big Oil is making big moves to secure positions in the expanding Venezuelan oil industry as part of the Trump Administration’s plans to revitalize the…
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Trump: Oil ‘Beginning to Flow’ from Venezuela– slaynews.com
Blurb: President Donald Trump said oil production is “beginning to flow” from Venezuela as Washington and Caracas work together to restore energy output following the capture of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro….
Venezuela Becomes a De Facto U.S. Ally
The United States and Venezuela have officially restored diplomatic and consular relations that President Trump claims will lead to favorable oil and rare earth mineral deals for the U.S., deals that freeze…
Machado posits Venezuela elections could be held by November– www.washingtonexaminer.com
Blurb: Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is angling for her country to hold “real” elections by as early as November. Acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez, a holdover from former dictator Nicolas Maduro’s…
Washington presses Venezuela interim leader on post-Maduro 'transition'– www.france24.com
Blurb: Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodriguez consolidated her new government on Monday by appointing key ministers and meeting Washington’s new charge d’affaires, Laura Dogu, in Caracas to discuss US plans for “stabilisation,…
‘Not Allowed To Talk About It’: Trump Says US Deployed ‘Discombobulator’ Weapon During Maduro Raid– dailycaller.com
Blurb: President Donald Trump revealed the U.S. military used a secret weapon he calls “The Discombobulator” during the January raid that captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro. Trump made the disclosure in an…
How CIA Director John Ratcliffe Has Revitalized Spy Agency in President’s First Year Back– www.breitbart.com
Blurb: CIA Director John Ratcliffe has emerged as President Donald Trump’s “quiet hammer,” a source close to the White House told Breitbart News for an in-depth profile of the world’s premier spy…
In Venezuela, Big Oil Collides with a Hotter Planet– www.scientificamerican.com
Blurb: Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. Over the past couple of weeks oil—specifically, Venezuelan oil—has been all over the headlines. It started late…
U.S. Navy Seizes Sixth Venezuelan Oil Tanker in Caribbean as Trump Escalates Crackdown– slaynews.com
Blurb: The U.S. military has seized another fugitive oil tanker linked to Venezuela in the Caribbean, marking the sixth vessel captured as the Trump administration intensifies its campaign against illicit oil trafficking….
JUST IN: President Trump Says Venezuela Leaker Has Been JAILED, More Arrests May Come Soon– wltreport.com
Blurb: President Trump just confirmed that the contractor who was caught leaking classified information about the U.S. military’s operations in Venezuela has been found and put in jail. But, it’s not over…