Donald Trump now says he wants American companies to take over Venezuelan fields in order to extract and sell resources.

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For weeks, United States President Donald Trump and his officials said the rhetoric and military posturing against Venezuela was aimed at countering the flow of narcotics.

But abundant evidence, including Trump’s own words in the aftermath of the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro, suggests that Washington’s true interest lies in Venezuela’s vast proven oil reserves – the largest in the world, estimated at about 303 billion barrels.