{
  "id": 5307114,
  "title": "The US and Venezuela: a century-old relationship drenched in oil",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/the-us-and-venezuela-a-century-old-relationship-drenched-in-oil",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T10:00:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/03/us-venezuela-visual-look-century-old-relationship-drenched-in-oil"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A visual look at how Washington’s relationship with Caracas has gone from cordial to ‘predatory’ Trump ally defends Venezuela oil deal amid ‘gunpoint diplomacy’ criticism Written in the middle of the last century, the US Department of State memo conveys its message in a curt and undiplomatically honest tone: the glue that binds Washington to Caracas is, and is always likely to be, oil. “All US…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}