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Alejandro Betancourt, Trump’s Partner in Venezuelan Oil Deal…
Alejandro Betancourt, Trump’s Partner in Venezuelan Oil Deal, Has Faced Investigations
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NYT World
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Simon Romero, Julie Turkewitz, Edward Wong and Alan Feuer
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4 Sep 2026 · 20:55 UTC
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Corporate Control
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1 min read
Summary
Article documents U.S. government partnership with a corruption-targeted oligarch to control Venezuelan oil resources, exemplifying corporate-state collusion enabling resource extraction and undermining sovereignty while bypassing legal accountability.
A refinery operated by the Venezuelan state oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela, in Punto Fijo.
resource control
geopolitical manipulation
corruption
state-corporate partnership
authoritarian governance
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