# Trump says US to control one fifth of Venezuela’s oil reserves

https://mins.news/en/video/36512

- France 24 English, 2026-08-29 08:55 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_opaR9gXl4

> President Donald Trump announced Friday an unprecedented US effort to take control of a fifth of Venezuela’s vast oil reserves. He is betting American companies can revive the OPEC member’s battered energy industry while supplying new crude to help lower fuel prices in the United States.

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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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