US Nears Deal for Long-Term Access to Venezuela's Oil Reserves
🛢️ CARACAS — Washington is shopping for oil while it blockades the world's main chokepoint. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: A Venezuela deal gives Trump a supply lever to hold oil prices below the political pain threshold — without touching Hormuz. It undercuts Iran's core bet: that Hormuz pressure forces US concessions. If Venezuelan crude offsets the supply gap, Bessent's economic track gains runway. Watch Maduro's price: sanctions relief, probably.
