Venezuela's oil and mining sectors: large potential, weak infrastructure

Following are key facts about the oil and mining sectors of Venezuela, whose President Nicolas Maduro was captured by U.S. forces on Saturday.

Venezuela strikes mapped: Where did US hit during operation to capture Maduro?

The airstrikes struck La Guaira Port and the Higuerote Airport in Miranda, according to the Institute for the Study of War
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Maps of the US attack on Venezuela: Targets, airspace and deployed fleet

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that the United States has successfully carried out a “large-scale” attack on Venezuela. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are reported to have been captured and removed from the country.

The economics of taking Venezuela’s oil: Low risk, low reward

This week the Trump administration said it would control sales of Venezuela’s oil , of which the U.S. will get 30 million to 50 million barrels. That effectively grafts Trump’s mercantile approach to domestic policy onto foreign policy.
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