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  "id": 4833935,
  "title": "The Venezuelan oil concession goes to Alejandro Betancourt's firm, under investigation in Europe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/the-venezuelan-oil-concession-goes-to-alejandro-betancourts-firm",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-01T09:23:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MercoPress",
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    "url": "https://en.mercopress.com/2026/09/01/the-venezuelan-oil-concession-goes-to-alejandro-betancourt-s-firm-under-investigation-in-europe"
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  "summary": "The White House on Monday identified the company that will operate seventeen Venezuelan oil fields for a century in partnership with the US government: North American Blue Energy Partners, owned by Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt, who is under investigation in Switzerland and Spain over his alleged involvement in a scheme to launder funds from the state oil company PDVSA. There is no…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Expansion ES",
        "title": "Alejandro Betancourt, the man who could be Trump’s viceroy in Venezuela",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/alejandro-betancourt-el-hombre-que-podria-ser-el-virrey-de-trump-en",
        "published": "2026-08-31T17:25:03.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "Trump's oil deal with Venezuela raises 'red flags'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/trumps-oil-deal-with-venezuela-raises-red-flags",
        "published": "2026-09-01T03:30:31.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "El Pais Economia",
        "title": "Más relato que sustancia en el neocolonialismo de Trump en Venezuela",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/mas-relato-que-sustancia-en-el-neocolonialismo-de-trump-en-venezuela",
        "published": "2026-09-01T03:40:00.000Z"
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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."
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