{"id":"dd8bfbf9-69fd-4e1a-b904-afa26febd57b","url":"https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/09/taking-venezuelas-oil-how-we-got-here/","domain":"nationalreview.com","outlet":{"name":"National Review","country":"US","cred":3,"lean":2,"curated":true},"title":"Taking Venezuela’s Oil: How We Got Here","plainHeadline":"Trump seizes 20 percent of Venezuela’s oil reserves.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["The piece claims Trump conducted a de facto seizure of about 20 percent of Venezuela's oil reserves.","It asserts Venezuela holds roughly 65 billion barrels of oil, making it highly oil rich.","The article argues the action was justified by pretexts like a drug-trafficking indictment against Maduro.","It mentions Maduro’s deputy Delcy Rodríguez as someone the administration purportedly used to control the country.","The timeline references events from December 2025 to January 2026 surrounding indictments, pardons, and military actions."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-05T10:30:00.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-05T11:02:56.688Z","story":null}