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The Trump administration put out a new general license authorizing equipment and technology transactions.
A month after Maduro's ousting, Venezuela's interim leader walks a tightrope between U.S. demands and Chavista hardliners expectations.
Venezuela's rapid oil industry collapse, compounded by U.S. sanctions and poor maintenance, has triggered an immense and escalating environmental disaster across the nation's waterways and oil-producing regions.
As Venezuela enters a new political phase, we look at how the government keeps functioning.
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The US says Venezuela is changing. But one month since Maduro’s capture, its people aren’t so sure
One month after the US carried out an attack in Venezuela to capture its president, Nicolas Maduro, civilians in the South American country remain caught between uncertainty and expectations of governmental change.
Key Takeaways Venezuela’s amended Hydrocarbons Law marks a major policy shift by reopening the upstream oil and gas sector to private participation through new contractual models like CPPs, while preserving state ownership of resources.
The release of around 35 political prisoners comes amid closer cooperation between Washington and the interim government.
Oil analysts who worked in Iraq say Iraqi oil sales had more protections after the U.S. invasion than Venezuelan oil sales today.
Trump said his administration would run Venezuela until a "safe, proper and judicious transition" could take place, adding that the US would indefinitely control the sale of its oil. Venezuela's National Assembly - which is dominated by lawmakers from the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) - swore her in as interim president after Maduro was taken.