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Mysterious billionaire shows off ‘America’s oil’ — and Trump’s Venezuela
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Washington Post World · South America
A visit to the petroleum-rich Orinoco Belt revealed a nascent U.S.-backed oil empire in a vassal state where officials once railed against the imperial north.
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