Coverage dated November 10, 2026 to November 12, 2026
U.S. Collected $12 Billion in Venezuelan Oil Sales, Returning Nearly All of It
Headline from Wall Street Journal, on the newest of 2 developments
A State Department report shows Caracas has received most of the revenue, while Trump says the U.S. has profited from the oil sales.
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The report, which was reviewed by The New York Times, provides the most detailed portrait so far of the financial control exerted by the US government since toppling Venezuela's president in January.
The report provides the most detailed portrait so far of the financial control exerted by the U.S. government on Venezuela since U.S. forces toppled Nicolas Maduro in January.
The U.S. government received more than $12 billion in revenue from Venezuela's natural resource exports in the first nine months of this year, according to a confidential report by global financial services firm KPMG.
A confidential KPMG report says the U.S. government handled $12.26 billion from Venezuelan natural-resource exports in the first nine months of 2026, offering new details about how billions in oil revenue were managed and returned to Venezuela.
Venezuela’s US-controlled custody account disbursed $12.1 billion to the country between January and September, with most of the money used to inject dollars into the economy, according to a US State Department report.
The Trump administration says it has returned more than $12 billion, or almost 99%, of the revenue obtained from the sales of Venezuelan oil since it ousted then-President Nicolás Maduro in January. In a report released Thursday by the State Department, the accounting firm KPMG said the sales of Ven…
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration says it has returned more than $12 billion, or almost 99%, of the revenue obtained from the sales of Venezuelan oil since it ousted then-President Nicolás Maduro in January.