The dismissal of Nicolás Maduro in January marked “an important opening in the way oil business is done” for the Venezuelan oil sector, according to María Ángela Capello, president of Red Tree Consulting. Venezuela’s vast oil resources make talk of an “opening” enormously attractive to American investors, but legal uncertainty threatens to maintain theoretical extraction….
Moneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commissions or income through links in the content below. As Interior Secretary Doug Burgum described how increasing Venezuelan oil production could help lower gas prices for Americans, President Donald Trump weighed in with a different priority (1): “Forget it: when are they going to make the statue?” The…
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Tampa ordered the arrest of a former Green Beret accused of plotting to invade Venezuela in 2020 after he failed to appear in court for a hearing on whether he should be detained again for violating the conditions of his pretrial release. Jordan Goudreau, 49, was arrested…
President Donald Trump swore live during a high-stakes meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House. Trump was taking questions from reporters during Friday’s meeting and was asked about tensions with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro when he unleashed the insult. “He has offered everything,” Trump said, referring to Maduro. “Do you know why?…
