Trump announces plan to refine, sell up to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday unveiled a plan to refine and sell up to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil that had been stuck in Venezuela under US blockade, in a further sign that Washington is coordinating with the Venezuelan government since seizing Nicolas Maduro. The ousted Venezuelan leader is in a New York jail awaiting drug charges after the Saturday morning raid that the US estimates killed about 75 people, said a Washington Post report citing officials familiar with the matter. Washington has yet to report a death toll from an operation that reasserted…