# Controversial Venezuelan executive courts investors after Trump oil deal

https://mins.news/en/item/37531

- Financial Times, 2026-08-30 12:12 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.ft.com/content/458940e7-0754-42e3-aa33-f1f9e3e710b7?syn-25a6b1a6=1

> Controversial Venezuelan executive Alejandro Betancourt is courting investors after the Trump oil deal. He is the US minority partner in a company that will control more than 65bn barrels of oil reserves.

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