For years, Venezuela’s oil industry was one of the most respected in the world. Then mismanagement and US sanctions hollowed it out. Now, the Trump administration says US oil companies should be ready to return — and that Washington will even control how Venezuela’s oil revenues are spent. But experts and former Venezuelan oil executives say rebuilding the industry will take more than grand claims from the Trump White House.
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