CaracasA US deal grants 100 years over 65 billion barrels.
María Corina Machado, back in Venezuela since Sunday, says such deals do not serve Venezuelans.
Delcy Rodríguez’s government and the US signed it with a firm run by Alejandro Betancourt, a businessman close to government figures.
Economist Francisco Rodríguez says an elected government would secure property rights, but holders of opaque deals may disagree.
Machado wants a presidential vote in 2027, but US-backed talks plan regional elections first.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 200+ reports worldwide
- Bloomberg Business leans favorable
- BBC leans favorable
- opens with the jubilant road-to-Caracas return and contrasts it with Machado's December night exit to Oslo for the Nobel
- Hindustan Times
- adds a September Meganalisis poll showing Machado at 61% against under 7% for rivals, and her 23-state campaign plan for 2027 elections
- Yahoo News
- frames Machado's return as a tightrope against the US-backed talks that exclude her Vente Venezuela movement
Sources: Bloomberg Business, BBC, Hindustan Times, Yahoo News