# Alejandro Betancourt: the man who would be Trump’s ‘viceroy’ in Venezuela

https://mins.news/en/item/38033

- Financial Times, 2026-08-31 00:58 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.ft.com/content/9dbf9c9a-b3e2-4701-b584-dca72b349716?syn-25a6b1a6=1

> The US has turned to Alejandro Betancourt, a wily and divisive insider, to help develop Venezuela’s oil reserves. He is portrayed as the potential figure Trump would rely on as a “viceroy” in the country.

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- [US Venezuela Oil and Diplomatic Relations](https://mins.news/en/topic/us-venezuela-oil-relations) — Markdown: https://mins.news/en/topic/us-venezuela-oil-relations.md

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