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Trump administration's Venezuelan oil push and calls for elections
- Sen. Ted Cruz calls for free and fair Venezuelan elections by 2027 while endorsing President Trump's oil agreement as mutually reinforcing goals.
- An analyst breaks down the significant challenges the U.S. will face in trying to unlock and develop Venezuela's oil fields.
Yuki Tanaka I compared a few of the sources — the numbers don't quite line up between them.
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