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Nº 56 Saturday, 05 September 2026
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The Venezuelan billionaire the US investigated for money laundering now has a Pentagon oil deal

The Venezuelan billionaire the US investigated for money laundering now has a Pentagon oil deal
Sources: The Straits Times

CARACAS/MIAMI, Sept 5 - The billionaire who helped broker the Trump administration’s sweeping long-term oil deal with Venezuela was until recently a target of U.S. money-laundering investigations involving funds embezzled from the state-owned oil company PDVSA. Now, after assisting U.S. authorities ahead of the capture of authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro, Alejandro Betancourt is Washington’s ke

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