{"id":160645,"date":"2026-09-05T14:36:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T14:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/09\/05\/the-venezuelan-billionaire-the-us-investigated-for-money-laundering-now-has-a-pentagon-oil-deal-reuters\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T14:36:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T14:36:39","slug":"the-venezuelan-billionaire-the-us-investigated-for-money-laundering-now-has-a-pentagon-oil-deal-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/09\/05\/the-venezuelan-billionaire-the-us-investigated-for-money-laundering-now-has-a-pentagon-oil-deal-reuters\/","title":{"rendered":"The Venezuelan billionaire the US investigated for money laundering now has a Pentagon oil deal &#8211; Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixwFBVV95cUxQdU9CXzlJanVHV0E1X1VldkR1YURIamdnbTAweGxwYk1CSzdpWlJ0Y093MVg1MUlmV1d1SFF3RmVIeHlFT1dKYjdGdlo5em83Ym8zRVhMa1BZN1ZlWU9NZ2hWcWZuOUEwdFhJaGRTTmVfMDlUOTd2bzhaSDYxek9JcjZqNW9ERkhycGRtZ3pVc28xTjdScDFJbGF5TEhSNTBWQWVhNEV2R1NTbDVGZkdOU2hhWjhYN2V0SUNwSlF2OG5nd3NrcVh3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The Venezuelan billionaire the US investigated for money laundering now has a Pentagon oil deal<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxOUnlYN3F6VEtBaVpRbU80MkVobmNzZkV1ZEl3enI0aXA1RE9pWk9wWnNvaktxLXRhMmtTckFRdjhIX1Yzal9IaXZ3VzdTRTZORUdDa2w3RjBFdUxyemtqU1dBeTFaN1liZzE5ZEljd0xrMlh2N0VFa1JCN3RBelhLVndvM0pXYkcwdzVBXzNZUXpCaEZYQk1qZDRJUEtLd9IBowFBVV95cUxQempPcUNJNXBjYVctLWF5TVozckJ1M1VFUWIzVG85UFVWd0tFUVZfMjdSWU91Nmc4aXhEQlMxeEpHdjZHc0lkZElkd0tYRm52RkZiU1BGRExRTEZSYVlCVDhSYzlEaDBoR1ZIVXV6U0RRdVVMSWQ5Rl82REdQdzVnVHVuVUlxd3FaMHE5QWJoamtmelRBYnd2Vm9yaDJGT1FGbHhj?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s state capitalism comes to the oil industry with his unprecedented Venezuela deal<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxPSlRuU3hLbndaNVpSeGFCYTNMMUg2VURLMVEybUJiV3I4YmtnNFBVYjNPcDNPUHZRQVdTWGcwQnBleF8ybDJJdXJtQjZmSllKRUc5ZWVxM21mR3I1WEVRcUNQS2hxTkltdk1Zb1pVU2FHVWNGSjZHTDlaX0F1R2s2WXM1Mzl3RnFp?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump drinks Venezuela\u2019s milkshake : Planet Money<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxQMnRlSEpJWnhoWU5ING5GZWV2OXA1YkNRd1dKdGRtY19TUzdNdGk1UDhPUW9NRUhXV24zMHRMZzNUR0dSWlVsREpVUFdnT1FUNWFlVHk2d0pkLU1XQm42Y3ZLTnlyQjV0cnNCQl95dVJfS2FPS3phQ0NCejdvNTBMWEIwcnQ0bUItU1F1YnJOd1gtQVBKYk5rS3dUdFdhMGFaQjdTRmtqb0gyNzlzb3IzTA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s Big Venezuela Deal Leaves US Oil Industry Blindsided<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Bloomberg.com<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxPUi0wMHBQaXNKQUZyTFNRUFV3QVFiTDRpWFhNN0x5V3NsRnNEWmVxUmVmVWRUUzBqSzA1OFRjY05PWlJQV2NaSzlaQWVkd1RyZnJXMmdjWTJEdDVCWmp6S0swMnVqb0ZzcjQzN2tpOUVrakFUZ3p5NmhWTjQ2aThCejRFSGFjenM3SU1RLXh0RzlKOUZHaVItSDFEVUE0azdZcXRQckJzSXI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The U.S. Wants the Oil From These 17 Venezuelan Fields<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Venezuelan billionaire the US investigated for money laundering now has a Pentagon oil deal&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters Trump\u2019s state capitalism comes to the oil industry with his&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/09\/05\/the-venezuelan-billionaire-the-us-investigated-for-money-laundering-now-has-a-pentagon-oil-deal-reuters\/\" 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-160645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160645","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=160645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160645\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}