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  "id": 6498123,
  "title": "Alejandro Betancourt, the controversial Venezuelan tycoon behind 'the biggest oil deal in world history'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/alejandro-betancourt-the-controversial-venezuelan-tycoon-behind-the",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T23:09:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/09/10/alejandro-betancourt-the-controversial-venezuelan-tycoon-behind-the-biggest-oil-deal-in-world-history_6757363_4.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "At the helm of North American Blue Energy Partners, the 46-year-old billionaire, chosen as a partner by the Trump administration to exploit the country's oil resources, faces money laundering and tax fraud investigations in Switzerland and Spain.",
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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."
}