A Venezuelan billionaire who brokered the Trump administration's long-term oil deal with Venezuela and was previously investigated by the U.S. for money laundering now holds a Pentagon contract as of September 5–7, 2026.
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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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