{
  "id": 5112862,
  "title": "Trump ally defends Venezuela oil deal amid ‘gunpoint diplomacy’ criticism",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/trump-ally-defends-venezuela-oil-deal-amid-gunpoint-diplomacy",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T14:44:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/02/venezuela-oil-deal-trump-chris-wright"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Energy secretary Chris Wright denies US seeks to ‘take’ country’s oil, saying deal is ‘transformation’ of relations The US energy secretary, Chris Wright, has denied Washington is seeking to commandeer huge quantities of Venezuelan oil, amid growing criticism of Donald Trump’s energy deal with the country’s interim leaders. “Absolutely not,” Wright replied when asked by a CNBC journalist if the…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}