Luisa Palacios and Bob McNally on Why the US-Venezuela Oil Deal Matters

Columbia Energy Exchange by ColumbiaUEnergy

Sep 8, 202655:59Society & Culture

It's been a tumultuous year for Venezuela, marked by political upheaval and deadly earthquakes. Then, in late August, the Trump administration announced a deal for over 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves—and a...

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