Analyst breaks down the challenges the U.S. will face to unlock Venezuela’s oil
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- President Donald Trump announced an agreement that would make the Pentagon an investor in a private company with exclusive rights to develop oil in Venezuela.
- PBS NewsHour correspondent Nick Schifrin examined the deal’s challenges with Francisco Monaldi, director of the Baker Institute’s Latin America Energy Program.
- The discussion focused on the obstacles the United States would face in unlocking Venezuela’s oil resources.
The Pentagon could become an investor in a private company granted exclusive rights to develop oil in Venezuela under an agreement announced by President Donald Trump.
PBS NewsHour’s Nick Schifrin discussed the arrangement with Francisco Monaldi, director of the Latin America Energy Program at Rice University’s Baker Institute.
Their discussion examined the challenges the United States would face in unlocking Venezuela’s oil resources. The agreement was described as unprecedented, linking Pentagon investment to private oil development rights in Venezuela.
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