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<url><loc>https://nickcorbishley.com/2026/09/18/nice-timing-us-removes-venezuela-from-list-of-countries-failing-to-combat-drug-trafficking-two-weeks-after-historic-oil-deal/</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Nick Corbishley</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-18T13:57:55+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>Nice Timing: US Removes Venezuela from List of Countries Failing to Combat Drug Trafficking Two Weeks After Historic Oil “Deal”</news:title><news:keywords>CIA, Palantir, us, Gold, United States, Bank of England, Latin America, South America, Venezuela, Cuba, ExxonMobil, Oil, DEA, Trump, Investment, Marco Rubio, Blockade, Scott Bessent, Nicolás Maduro, Cartel de los Soles, Delcy Rodríguez, Continental Resources, Harold Hamm, PDVSA, Alejandro Betancourt, gold reserves, Trafigura, David Rivera, Vitol</news:keywords></news:news></url></urlset>
