US to control one fifth of Venezuela's oil reserves, Trump says
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What happened
President Donald Trump on Friday announced an unprecedented US push to take control of a fifth of Venezuela's vast oil reserves, betting that American companies can revive the OPEC nation's battered energy industry while delivering a new source of crude to help bring down US fuel prices.
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