{
  "id": 4063466,
  "title": "Commodity deal: Trump – USA secure huge oil reserves in Venezuela",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/rohstoff-deal-trump-usa-sichern-sich-riesige-olvorkommen-in-venezuela",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-29T00:13:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/maerkte/rohstoff-deal-trump-usa-sichern-sich-riesige-oelvorkommen-in-venezuela/100250481.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "US President Donald Trump claims that the US has secured huge oil reserves in Venezuela. The agreement reportedly brings over 65 billion barrels of proven oil reserves under US control, more than doubling the country's existing reserves of 46 billion barrels. Trump stated that the deal was made in coordination with Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodríguez and involved the private sector, but details are scarce. The US had been exerting pressure on Venezuela, having taken custody of former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro earlier in the year.",
  "summary": "At the beginning of the year, US special forces arrested Venezuela's long-standing head of state, Nicolás Maduro. Now, there is supposed to be an agreement on the country's oil reserves.",
  "key_points": [
    "President Trump claims U.S. secured vast oil reserves in Venezuela.",
    "Agreement expands U.S. oil reserves by over 65 billion barrels.",
    "Vice President Delcy Rodríguez collaborates with Washington on oil matters."
  ],
  "editors_take": "This development solidifies US control over Venezuela's vast oil reserves, effectively doubling the country's oil reserves under American management, and further cements US influence over Venezuela's oil industry and politics.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "Commodity deal: Trump: USA secure huge oil reserves in Venezuela",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/rohstoff-deal-trump-usa-sichern-sich-riesige-olvorkommen-in-venezuela",
        "published": "2026-08-28T23:43:37.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}