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Trump Long Wanted to ‘Take the Oil.’ He Says He’ll Do It in Venezuela.

New York Times 1 min read 2 months ago

The White House had pointed to drug trafficking and migration as reasons to crack down on Nicolás Maduro. But oil emerged as central to President Trump.
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