The first US sale of Venezuelan oil since the Trump administration illegally attacked the South American country earlier this month went to the company of a trader who donated millions to President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign. The roughly $250 million sale of Venezuelan crude went to Vitol, a Geneva-based energy and commodity trading firm whose US arm is headquartered in Houston.

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  • RedWizardMA
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    13 hours ago

    Truthout is on the more liberal side of the scale I think. The more socialist and communist publications use words like ‘stolen’.