{
  "id": 4116163,
  "title": "US announces major deal for Venezuelan oil reserves",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/us-announces-major-deal-for-venezuelan-oil-reserves",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-29T05:18:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1545144/us-announces-major-deal-for-venezuelan-oil-reserves/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The US has finalized a major oil agreement with Venezuela, giving the US majority control of 65 billion barrels of proven oil reserves. According to President Donald Trump, this deal is the biggest oil deal in world history.\n\nThe agreement involves private companies and is expected to bring nearly $100 billion in private investment to Venezuela, as reported by Punch Nigeria and Gulf News.\n\nThe deal was reached by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth with Venezuela's interim leader, Delcy Rodriguez, according to Gulf News. Rodriguez confirmed the agreement, hailing potential investment of more than $100 billion and over $209 billion in tax revenue for the State.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Trump announces deal for huge US stake in Venezuelan oil reserves",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/trump-announces-deal-for-huge-us-stake-in-venezuelan-oil-reserves-4084928",
        "published": "2026-08-29T02:11:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Trump announces deal for huge US stake in Venezuelan oil reserves",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/trump-announces-deal-for-huge-us-stake-in-venezuelan-oil-reserves-4104848",
        "published": "2026-08-29T04:12:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Trump announces major US stake in Venezuelan oil",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/trump-announces-major-us-stake-in-venezuelan-oil",
        "published": "2026-08-29T06:33:28.000Z"
      }
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  "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."
}