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Trump Goes After Venezuela’s Oil

Trump Goes After Venezuela’s Oil

The Daily vor 9 Monaten

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In it escalating campaign against Venezuela, the Trump
administration has gone from shooting drug boats to trying to
seize oil tankers in the Caribbean.

Anatoly Kurmanaev, a foreign correspondent for The New York Times
who has spent years covering Venezuela, explains why President
Trump is shifting his strategy, and what that might tell us about
his true endgame.

Guest: Anatoly Kurmanaev, a reporter for The New
York Times covering Russia and its transformation following the
invasion of Ukraine.

Background reading: Venezuela’s oil exports have plummeted after
the United States took action against three tankers carrying
crude.

Photo: Satellite image 2025 Vantor, via Associated Press

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