
How US statements on Venezuela shifted, from drugs to oil
How US statements on Venezuela shifted, from drugs to oil
For months, US officials pushed the story that Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro was the head of a mysterious cartel shipping tonnes of drugs into the US. But since his abduction, the US has admitted the cartel doesn’t exist, and they’re talking a lot about oil. Soraya Lennie explains.
Published On 6 Jan 2026