Everything the Trump administration is doing in Venezuela and South America involves oil—even if the White House won’t admit it
- Posted on December 14, 2025
- By Fortune
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Everything the Trump administration is doing in Venezuela and South America involves oil—even if the White House won’t admit it

The U.S. is weighing its military options in oil-rich Venezuela, influencing elections in other South American petroleum nations, and increasingly trying to control natural resources in the Americas.