A long history of underinvestment, extreme political risk, and organized crime. These are just some of the issues that U.S. oil and minerals companies might face if they were to set foot into ...

Venezuela is a resource-rich country that now stands to benefit tremendously from the recent ousting of the corrupt former ...

The US capture of Venezuelan leader Maduro was a result of goals related to oil reserves, geopolitics, Chinese presence, and ...

Oil companies might want to look at past U.S. exploits in the region before rushing back in.

Venezuela’s new oil law legalizes private exports and slashes royalties, yet critics say it favors incumbents and entrenched ...

One problem for Trump is that the U.S. doesn’t have a national oil company. Exxon, Chevron and the like are private corporations that will start projects only when they see a good business opportunity ...

Rebuilding Venezuela’s oil sector would be a long-cycle, capital-intensive process, not a rapid production restart.

Without Venezuelan oil to help run manufacturing and agricultural operations, material conditions in Cuba are likely to ...

History suggests that the price of oil and a wider distribution of wealth are as important as foreign investment. By Noam Scheiber Venezuela appeared to be entering a capitalist golden age in the ...

Venezuela’s reported oil reserves are largely unaudited government claims that ignore economic viability. Most of the country’s oil is extra-heavy crude that requires costly upgrading, diluents, and ...

Here are the basic questions about what happened on Jan. 3, the context you should know, and where things could go next, answered.

The Trump administration’s exercise in armed regime change in Venezuela should have come as no surprise. The U.S. naval buildup in the Caribbean and the ...