As Gulf supply routes stay unreliable, the United States keeps using state power and security leverage to secure long-term claims on Western Hemisphere oil and minerals, so more state-brokered resource arrangements with Latin American governments follow.
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Trump said the United States has taken majority control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan reserves, with interim president Delcy Rodriguez putting the arrangement at 17 fields and about $209 billion into the state treasury. This is the largest single instance of the state-brokered resource capture the thesis tracks, moving it from leverage-seeking to executed ownership of a national reserve base.
Supporting · August 29, 2026
Trump Says the United States Has Taken Majority Control of 65 Billion Barrels of Venezuelan Oil
Trump said the United States has taken majority control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan reserves, with interim president Delcy Rodriguez putting the arrangement at 17 fields and about $209 billion into the state treasury. This is the largest single instance of the state-brokered resource capture the thesis tracks, moving it from leverage-seeking to executed ownership of a national reserve base.
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