{"id":158150,"date":"2026-09-02T23:53:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T23:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/09\/02\/who-is-alejandro-betancourt-the-colourful-oil-baron-behind-us-venezuela-oil-deal-bbc\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T23:53:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T23:53:28","slug":"who-is-alejandro-betancourt-the-colourful-oil-baron-behind-us-venezuela-oil-deal-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/09\/02\/who-is-alejandro-betancourt-the-colourful-oil-baron-behind-us-venezuela-oil-deal-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Alejandro Betancourt, the colourful oil baron behind US-Venezuela oil deal? &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE1nYVVKbUlIZTFYeTJaOWhvRjhYNXBTMnVlUXBNTURLbEwtbXEwVVdLRjdHMUYxaEljNkpiTGV0MnR4MVJWamNnX2JLSmpfenpndklDTktTU3FSZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Who is Alejandro Betancourt, the colourful oil baron behind US-Venezuela oil deal?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">BBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxNYVpaUlhfUUUwTm53Z3BDNFR1b3NVcmVKRjNHMU1lSHR0cHlRM2F2MHZNdE9zT09XY29YY2Nsakg1UUdBYW13aTNESy04b1hhODdGY3FNcmZxWUJYbXcwMkNIT1lYdlBtZmp4Njc3Q0RLUFhZdWgxVnpGN0NQNEpfRzJXSi1GVUljczlKcDdXSHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s Venezuela Oil Deal Is a Farce<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">foreignpolicy.com<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxORGJEdkdqZVVnakJLRmN2OGdRLU84SDVIRHQ2QldjWEVLZG9aR1FTNWVHRUdZeUhSYjBSZWx6V2xuUWVIYWx0NlcwLTM2ZzdZN2hMd2lzUnJtRWs5ZTk4VXRGaElvNnBlS0hucDN5ZVN1a1dQYnNnQjNuZy00ajBJZlBJNE9Vcl9WT2hac3JzVExOQ1I2dmpXVS0zbVY0UmPSAaQBQVVfeXFMTUxJcjFUWmZQVnMtbmFNdS15MlJNUDg2MzB5NnI2WjdjTmZGN1VPazV0cGNDNUhUcUJScEZ5aG9VNnhDTXplcDBXMjlZNEkzR2o2V01EZm5YVmxxVkpjdUdsNHptV1NXZHdFaHZDbzdmVjJLRHFvNmRzaVE0bGhMU3l5Qk5TSkUzSGhWUmpuanozNHJJWmRCRnpZeUNvMXNuMm95azY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">US\u2019s Chevron, Italy\u2019s Eni to expand oil projects in Venezuela<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Al Jazeera<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxQX2JWWGE2TkQ0T1R3MTRtT2wySFkwOGJSeHJpaTEwVngyR1pUTFJzcnBsNUtMNEhpbzhySmlNME5ScjQyYnZlWDVVNEJsMS1BdUZYZVF1MXJIcmc3a0M2VlJuMzRqellIcjN5VkJ4ZWRhek4wMDhJeWxyZDE1UEVNdmhzeXlUYVpTNXVjRTVBWkkwR1dDdXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump\u2019s Venezuela deal is bold but dodgy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Economist<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifEFVX3lxTE1nUC1RaHVhTlByNmlJeTZZaUczS1hSTFphMlV6V3BjTURlbzJGQzNJcFFCX1RFaTA3MmgzM0tGakJDYTNwbmFnVDZSNWtZQ0pDM2ZQckh3b3ZMNU5XUGlrVll2bFFnUnp6aHI2dWVNekpad3Ytd3pPblg0dVM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Chevron plans to double oil production in Venezuela with $7 billion investment<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CBS News<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who is Alejandro Betancourt, the colourful oil baron behind US-Venezuela oil deal?&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC Trump\u2019s Venezuela Oil Deal Is a Farce&nbsp;&nbsp;foreignpolicy.com US\u2019s Chevron, Italy\u2019s Eni to expand&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/09\/02\/who-is-alejandro-betancourt-the-colourful-oil-baron-behind-us-venezuela-oil-deal-bbc\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158150\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}