Trump hails 'historic' deal for US to control 65bn barrels of Venezuela's oil
Venezuelan interim president says the unusual agreement will help revive her country's economy.
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Coverage at a glance
- First observed by CurrentWire: ABC News · Aug 28, 2026 at 7:15 PM ET
- Coverage span: 4h 59m
- Coverage: 11 reports from 10 independent publications
- Coverage growth: 3 → 10 publications in 11h 29m
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11 publications have covered this story since CurrentWire first saw it: BBC News, NPR, PBS NewsHour, CBC News, CBS News, ABC News, France 24, NBC News, The Hill, CNBC, The Guardian.
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BBC NewsTier A
Trump hails 'historic' deal for US to control 65bn barrels of Venezuela's oil(opens original report in a new tab)NPRTier A
Trump says U.S. has entered deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves(opens original report in a new tab)President Trump says his administration has entered a sweeping agreement with Venezuela that could give the U.S. access to vast amounts of the South American country's untapped oil reserves, at cost. — NPR
PBS NewsHourTier A
Trump says U.S. has entered deal with Venezuela to control 65 billion barrels of its oil reserves(opens original report in a new tab)The announcement of the deal comes nearly nine months after the U.S. military at Trump's direction carried out an operation to capture Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro and spirit him to the United States to face… — PBS NewsHour
CBC NewsTier A
Trump says U.S. makes deal to control 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves(opens original report in a new tab)U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration has entered a sweeping agreement with Venezuela that, if realized, could give the U.S. access to vast amounts of the South American country's untapped oil… — CBC News
CBS NewsTier B
Trump says U.S. now has control of over 60 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves(opens original report in a new tab)President Trump announced a deal to grant the U.S. control of more than 60 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves. — CBS News
ABC NewsTier B
Trump announces 'historic' US-Venezuela oil deal that he says will lower gas prices(opens original report in a new tab)President Donald Trump said that the U.S. and Venezuela have reached a deal that he said would give the U.S. a majority control of billions of barrels of oil reserves. — ABC News
France 24Tier B
Trump announces 'historic' agreement for US stake in Venezuela oil reserves(opens original report in a new tab)Washington and Caracas announced Friday that they had reached a “historic” oil agreement, under which the United States will take majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuela's reserves. — France 24
NBC NewsTier B
Trump says U.S. has struck deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves(opens original report in a new tab)President Donald Trump announced Friday that the U.S. had entered into an agreement with Venezuela to take control of the country’s 65 billion barrels of oil reserves. — NBC News
The HillTier B
Trump says he secured ‘majority US control’ of large slice of Venezuela’s oil reserves(opens original report in a new tab)President Trump said Friday evening that there will be “majority U.S. control” of a large swath of Venezuela’s oil reserves. “BREAKING NEWS: The United States of America has just entered into an Agreement with the… — The Hill
CNBCTier B
Trump announces deal with Venezuela to secure more than 65 billion barrels of oil reserves(opens original report in a new tab)The U.S. struck a deal with Venezuela to get majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of oil reserves, Trump said in a social media post. — CNBC
ABC NewsTier B
Trump says US has entered deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves(opens original report in a new tab)President Donald Trump says the U.S. has entered an agreement with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of the South American country’s oil reserves — ABC News
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