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Explained: The US obsession with Venezuela’s oil

‘It’s all about oil.’

US President Donald Trump has been fixated on Venezuela’s oil since his first term.

But the story behind the obsession begins over a century earlier, when US companies explored oil reserves in the country, only to eventually be nationalised by Venezuela.

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