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Venezuela's Opposition Set to Lose Control of Citgo as Delcy Rodríguez Government Takes Over

Following Maduro's capture and U.S. recognition of Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela's opposition prepares to relinquish oversight of refiner Citgo.

Latin Times

Nicolás Maduro's Wife Cilia Flores Seeks Release From Brooklyn Jail Over Severe Heart Condition

Cilia Flores, the wife of ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, is asking a federal judge to release her from a Brooklyn detention center so she can undergo cardiac treatment and await trial under extraordinarily restrictive home confinement in New York.

Latin Times

The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s oil deal: Venezuela pays for his vanity

Editorial: The US president seized a nation’s natural wealth in a modern-day version of gunboat diplomacy to feed his ego – not to lower Americans’ fuel bills

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Why Maduro Says a U.S. Court Can't Try Him — His Sovereign Immunity Motion, Explained, and the Long Odds

Maduro claims sovereign immunity in his U.S. drug case. Here's what his defense argues, why legal experts are skeptical, and what a win wouldn't change.

Latin Times

Music Legend Slams Trump's 'Shocking' Venezuela Actions and Considers Leaving the US

Art Garfunkel, 84, expresses concerns over Donald Trump's presidency and US actions in Venezuela, considering leaving the country. He criticises America's direction and remains hopeful for future change

International Business Times UK

Miami's Hispanic Heritage Month Opens Sept. 15 Amid Record ICE Arrests and a Venezuela Oil Deal

Miami-Dade's Hispanic Heritage Month opens Sept. 15 as a Venezuela oil deal, Cuba sanctions and record ICE arrests test community sentiment.

Latin Times

Maduro Says U.S. Violated Venezuelan Sovereignty When He Was Arrested, Seeks His Release

Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has asked that the drug trafficking indictment against him and his wife be thrown out because he is a head of state and therefore immune from prosecution.

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Nobel laureate Machado: ‘Illegitimate’ Venezuela regime has no right to strike US oil deal

Opposition leader says interim government lacking democratic mandate to negotiate on natural resources

The Guardian - UK

Trump Is Taking a Stake in Venezuela's Oil Industry and This Crony Is Cashing In

Alejandro Betancourt has become the key go-between for the Trump administration, Venezuela’s new regime, and American oil companies.

Reason

Venezuelans’ pride is bruised by deal to give US one-fifth of their oil reserves

Many Venezuelans see the deal giving the United States control of roughly one-fifth of their country's oil reserves as a surrender

The Independent UK

The US and Venezuela: a century-old relationship drenched in oil

A visual look at how Washington’s relationship with Caracas has gone from cordial to ‘predatory’

The Guardian - UK

Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife look to end drug charges on immunity grounds

Maduro who has called himself a “prisoner of war” and his capture a “kidnapping” has requested all charges against him and his wife be dropped on grounds of diplomatic immunity. Their attorneys argued that only Venezuelan courts have the right to prosecute them.

Euronews

Ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and wife seek to end drug charges case on immunity grounds

Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife have asked a judge to dismiss the drug trafficking indictment against them on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country

The Independent UK

Trump's Own Former Venezuela Envoy Calls $100bn Oil Deal 'A Terrible Deal' and a New Form of Colonialism

The US-Venezuela £74bn energy deal faces backlash, with critics labelling it modern colonialism. The agreement grants US control over major oilfields, sparking geopolitical and domestic controversy.

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Reason

Trump's Venezuela Oil Deal Sells Out Democracy and Free Markets

The Trump administration isn't trying to end socialism in Venezuela. Instead, it is doing socialism in Venezuela.

Latin Times

Marco Rubio Went Before a Venezuelan Audience to Defend Delcy Rodríguez and Alejandro Betancourt But The Questions Got Uncomfortable

Secretary of State Marco Rubio turned to a respected familiar voice to Venezuelans this week as the Trump administration faced mounting criticism over its cooperation with interim Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez and its decision to place controversial businessman Alejandro Betancourt at the center of a historic oil agreement.

Latin Times

Four-Star Dissent: Leaked Document Shows SOUTHCOM Chief Warned Iran War Is Straining Latin America

A classified Pentagon document made public this week shows SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis Donovan and three other four-star officers formally objected to extending U.S. military commitments in Iran, warning the war is straining forces meant for Latin America, Europe and the Pacific. The Pentagon confirmed the dissent while blasting the…

The Guardian - UK

Trump ally defends Venezuela oil deal amid ‘gunpoint diplomacy’ criticism

Energy secretary Chris Wright denies US seeks to ‘take’ country’s oil, saying deal is transformation of relations

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Euronews

Venezuela hands the US control over a fifth of its oil in landmark deal

Venezuela's parliament has approved handing the US control of a fifth of its oil reserves, cementing Washington's grip on a government it helped install after toppling President Nicolas Maduro in January.

The Guardian - US

US officials defend Venezuela oil deal amid questions over rebuilding plan

Government talks up pact but Venezuelan opposition alarmed that democracy yet to return after Maduro exit

Latin Times

Is the US-Venezuela Oil Deal for 25 Years or 100? Here's What's Actually Been Signed

Trump says the deal is historic. Rodríguez says 25 years; the White House says 100. Betancourt has laundering probes on three continents.

The Guardian - UK

Echoes of cold war as US accused of meddling in another Brazilian election

Claims that Trump and Rubio are trying to influence result have parallels with CIA intervention 64 years ago

Salon

Trump's slimy Venezuela oil deal

President once said Venezuela's oil was the dirtiest in the world. Now he's trying to steal it

Latin Times

Republicans Push Back on Trump's Venezuela Strategy: Salazar Questions Oil Deal as Ted Cruz Demands Elections

Republican unease over President Donald Trump's Venezuela strategy surfaced over the weekend, as two prominent GOP lawmakers warned that a massive new oil agreement cannot replace the democratic transition Washington promised after Nicolás Maduro's capture.

The Times of India

'Venezuela will be reborn': Maduro shares first photos from US prison since capture

Two photographs posted to Nicolás Maduro's official social-media accounts on Sunday appear to show the former Venezuelan president smiling and making peace signs at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, nearly eight months after US forces captured him in Caracas.

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