# US-Venezuela oil deal: Neocolonialism or Venezuela’s comeback?

https://mins.news/en/video/36702

- DW News, 2026-08-29 14:12 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRJJ_nMD2Xw

> A century-long oil agreement between Venezuela and Washington promises investment and economic recovery. Critics, however, question whether people exhausted by the country’s crisis will gain anything meaningful from giving a foreign power control of its most valuable resource.

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