The Trump administration has collected more than $13 billion from Venezuelan oil sales since January. A single $300 million transfer is the only documented disbursement. Congress has no idea where the rest went — and the fund was designed to keep it that way.
The U.S. seized at least $8 billion in Venezuelan oil wealth this year. After twin earthquakes killed 3,535 people and wiped out 32% of Venezuela's GDP, Washington pledged $300 million in relief — and kept the sanctions in place.
On prediction markets like Polymarket, you can wager real money on whether the U.S. is about to bomb someone. The unsettling part isn't that people do it. It's how rarely they lose.
The U.S. Embassy in Venezuela raised the American flag for the first time in seven years, signaling normalized relations with the Maduro regime despite ongoing human rights abuses and political prisoners.