Who Is Trying to Make Money in Venezuela Right Now?

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President Trump has made his intentions in Venezuela quite clear since his press conference announcing the capture of Nicolás Maduro: The U.S. intervened to “take over” the nation’s crumbling oil infrastructure to get the “riches” flowing. With this mandate, some traders in the private sector are taking a similar approach to the complex, volatile, and legally spurious situation — by trying to squeeze as much money out of there as fast as they can.