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Machado Blasts Trump's Venezuela Oil Partner as Corrupt

Betancourt's company won rights to seventeen Venezuelan oil fields for a hundred years, and a US official says it was picked for its track record; the contract is long.

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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentVenezuelan opposition leader and Nobel laureate María Corina Machado is calling Alejandro Betancourt, Trump's oil deal partner, corrupt.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorShe quotes herself calling him one of the main architects of the suffering endured by her people.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHis company, North American Blue Energy Partners, got rights to seventeen oil fields for a hundred years, and a US official says it was chosen for its track record.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA hundred years. My phone contract feels shorter than that, and I'm the one who read it.

  5. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSports now.

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  1. Venezuela's Machado calls Trump's new oil partner corrupt · The New York Times
  2. Machado vows return as businessman denies corruption claims · The New York Times
  3. Venezuela opposition renews support for Machado as leader · Al Jazeera
  4. Machado Blasts Trump's Venezuela Oil Partner as Corrupt (this story)

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