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“The first million barrels of oil to emerge from this year’s US-Venezuela deal arrived in Texas this week — cargo that Trump described as a “gift” delivered for free — but elections in both countries could put the deal’s future at risk.”

“…ado is balancing an election campaign with a Trump administration that has sought to extract oil from Venezuela by striking deals with the government of interim President Delcy Rodriguez, who served as Maduro’s vice president and took over after his…”

“Rubio speaks to Venezuelan minister about reforms that lay groundwork for elections WASHINGTON, Nov 2 - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with his Venezuelan counterpart on Monday about reforms that lay the groundwork for future free and fair elections…”

“Rodríguez and senior Venezuelan officials in Caracas in August to seal a massive oil deal.”

“She was sworn in as interim president and later signed an oil deal that granted favourable terms to the US.”

“Her return comes just weeks after a controversial US oil deal that will see Venezuela hand over 20 percent of its vast oil reserves.”

“… Gulf monarchies, and possibly by Russia and China – the latter a country that finally seems to be stirring itself to find a solution to the blockade in the strait of Hormuz which is preventing badly needed Middle East oil exports from reaching its…”

“Will the political setbacks push them towards a deal with Iran, or make them more inclined to take a harder line?”

“All the rest: OIL PRICES EXTEND MIDTERMS FALL: Traders appear to remain optimistic about a deal between the U.S. and Iran, as oil prices continued to fall today.”

“It’s not the corruption of criminal justice or the illegal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, or plundering Venezuela while leaving its corrupt, dictatorial government in place.”

“… “mutilizations” of children, his conquest of Greenland and Venezuela to give the U.S. control of “almost 50% of the world’s oil,” his victory over Iran, and so on—before veering back to his Washington projects, including replacing the “very inferior grass”…”

“On Tuesday, a week before election day, Donald Trump stood in front of an oil tanker docked in Corpus Christi, Texas to announce that the first million barrels of oil from his deal with Venezuela had arrived in the state.”

“At his final rally in Texas last week, before a largely male crowd Trump pitched 'free oil' from Venezuela promising it would come at zero cost.”

“But only a single tanker of oil has reached the Caribbean island since early January, according to Cuban officials, which has crippled the country's electrical grid.”

“When the U.S. captured Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, Cuba lost its main oil supplier.”

“He bragged about extracting Venezuela’s oil resources and fantasized about making the country “the 51st state” in a speech this week in Corpus Christi, Texas, during which he showed off a tanker he claimed was carrying 1m barrels of oil and repeated a phrase…”

“Trump acknowledged the higher costs during his Lubbock rally, while pointing to increased American oil production and his administration's recent energy deal with Venezuela as steps toward bringing prices down.”

“Trump said Venezuela delivered one million barrels of oil Trump said Venezuela had delivered one million barrels of oil to the US for free following the US military operation that removed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from power.”

“Trump said the tanker was loaded with the first oil received from Venezuela under a deal that Washington made after deposing the country's former leader.”

“Reporting Highlights - Corporate Firewall: The oil deal is designed to prevent future U.S. presidents and Venezuelan leaders from changing or dismantling the enterprise. - Hidden Investors: Some of the Trump administration’s partners could remain anonymous,…”

“The Trump administration recently signed a major oil deal with Venezuela which gave the US a 100-year concession over a staggering 65bn barrels of Venezuelan crude oil.”

“But critics and other observers have pointed out that the Trump Administration’s approach has instead prioritized doing business with Venezuela over facilitating democratic transition—with Washington announcing a major oil deal with Caracas amid the talks.”

“Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodriguez has stood in as acting president since then, with the endorsement of US President Donald Trump, and has cooperated with his administration regarding reforms in the country, as well as a deal to grant the US control…”

“…is aligned to three goals that the US appears to be pursuing: reducing India's dependence on Russian crude, encouraging greater imports of Venezuelan and American oil, and advancing a trade deal in which energy cooperation could become a key area of…”

“Rubio described India as a crude oil refining "superpower" and advocated for processing more Venezuelan crude in India.”

“The U.S. will also discuss with Reliance producing oil in Venezuela, Mr.”

“Trump suggested on Tuesday that Venezuela would become the 51st US state as the president showed off a tanker he claimed had “1m barrels of oil on it” from the country, nine months after deposing its president.”

“The Trump administration has signed an oil deal with Venezuela’s interim leader, Delcy Rodriguez, after abducting socialist President Nicolas Maduro in a military operation in January.”

“He wanted an easy Venezuela-style, regime-altering victory (and sweetheart oil deals).”

“Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefly appeared onstage with Trump, who used the trip in part to highlight the arrangement made with Venezuela to process more of its crude oil in Texas refineries.”

“At a campaign rally in Corpus Christ, Texas, Trump touted a US oil deal with Venezuela, which the US attacked in January, capturing its long-serving leader Nicolás Maduro.”

“Trump said that in Texas on Tuesday he would receive a “gift” from Venezuela, whose leader Nicolas Maduro was toppled in a U.S. military operation in January, of a tanker containing one million barrels of oil.”

“He started off by gesturing to an oil tanker docked just outside the campaign event, filled, he said, with Venezuelan crude-oil – a product of the deal his administration inked with Venezuela’s new, US-pliant leadership.”

“… car ‘accident’ or from a mysterious illness” — and Trump’s Venezuelan oil deal “won’t be worth much unless Venezuela has a government with democratic legitimacy,” something “that should start with a date and a credible process for a free and fair democratic…”

“Trump made a deal with Delcy Rodríguez Maduro’s, vice president and member of his inner circle, to stabilize the country as the United States sought to take control of the country’s oil assets.”

“Kremlin crony Dmitry Medvedev said the Ukrainian leader had done more damage to Trump's interests than US interventions in Venezuela, Cuba and Iran combined.”

“… claimed that the United States has secured control over Greenland and Venezuela, describing the purported acquisitions as the “greatest real estate deal in history” during a campaign rally for Republican candidates in Perry, Georgia, on Saturday (local…”

“President Trump has framed last week's deal for the U.S. government to take a stake in Venezuela's oil reserves as a boon not just for gas prices, but also for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which has dropped to historically low levels.”

“HESITANCY AROUND VENEZUELA: Venezuelan officials claim that the South American country has more than 300 billion barrels of proven oil reserves – a number that caught the attention of the Trump administration, which is now seeking to take control of some of…”

“No matter how attractive oil prices look today, many in the Permian believe a price crash is inevitable, either because Trump’s daily “jawboning” keeps futures traders feeling bearish, or because of a genuine security breakthrough in Iran, evaporating…”

“…reement governing the United States’ new imperial access to Venezuela’s oil reserves: The document reveals carefully constructed terms that favor U.S. interests at every turn and cements the power of a small group of people handpicked by the Trump…”

“It’s possible to think of a few answers—like removing Venezuela’s Russia-friendly dictator Nicolás Maduro, seizing a Venezuela-bound Russian-flagged tanker, or pressuring India to stop buying Russian oil.”

“The deals could help revive output in Venezuela, which has the world’s largest proven crude oil reserves but produces well below levels seen a decade ago.”

“Vlad is the villain President Trump’s call for Ukraine to replace its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is a blunder of huge proportions (“Zel: Don on ‘wrong side’ in Vlad deal,””

“They seem to have believed they had some kind of deal with Ahmadinejad, who was going to be able to go in and take over in the same way that Delcy Rodríguez had taken over in Venezuela.”

“The Trump administration is also reported to be considering easing restrictions on so-called shadow fleet vessels that have transported oil and petroleum products from countries including Russia, Iran and Venezuela.”

“According to Habba, Grenell asked that the donation be routed through a $17.6 million payment for a business deal, an accusation Grenell called “absurd.””

“This [the Saudi-Houthi escalation] is putting more pressure on the oil markets.”

“…ump administration is considering easing sanctions on so-called shadow-fleet vessels that have transported oil and petroleum products from countries including Russia, Iran and Venezuela to help ease prices, a U.S. official said on Wednesday (October 14,…”

“…esday said the Trump administration is considering easing sanctions on so-called shadow fleet vessels that have transported oil and petroleum products from countries including Russia, Iran and Venezuela, in an effort to reduce record-high global freight…”

“Since Maduro’s ouster, Caracas and Washington have cut a deal giving the US access to 17 Venezuelan oil fields, while international energy firms have separately committed to expanding projects in the Latin American country.”

“President Trump had secured the 'biggest oil deal in WORLD history,' Zacharia said.”

“It is as obvious to Trump that Moscow has a seigneurial right over Ukraine as it is that he should be allowed to decide who governs Venezuela and who sells its oil.”

“No surprise, then, that taking Venezuela’s oil was foremost on his mind after the Maduro snatch-and-grab.”

“In August, Mr Trump said the US had struck a deal with the South American nation to "control" more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil.”

“Some 40,000 Cuban doctors, teachers and other professionals worked in Venezuela, while the country supplied about 1,00,000 barrels of oil a day on relatively easy terms.”

“…nsive and difficult Naval blockade and escort program in the Strait of Hormuz, while dealing with global economic upheaval from stubbornly high fuel prices that have not shrunk to pre-war levels despite the oil flow from other Gulf Nations returning to…”

“… Latin America as a battle against drugs, the comparison to Venezuela, where Trump has claimed control over the country’s oil fields and says he has taken billions of dollars out, although there is no public acknowledgement of where that money has gone, is…”