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After years of rising tensions, Venezuela and the United States just took a dramatic step toward rebuilding relations.

Guyana Venezuela Oil Contrast shows how policy, contracts, and capital—not geology—determined radically different oil outcomes.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. is chasing an oil tanker that refused to let members of the Coast Guard aboard in the Caribbean Sea on Saturday, Dec. 20.

It’s been a whirlwind year for Venezuela, and it’s just getting started. Over the weekend, the U.S. launched an incursion into Caracas, capturing the nation’s President Nicolás Maduro and leaving the ...