El Palito, Venezuela, Jan 29, 2026 (AFP) - Venezuelans eye economic revival with hoped-for oil resurgence

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2026-01-29

Ronald Herrera remembered the prosperity that Puerto Cabello enjoyed decades ago as home to the El Palito refinery -- once a symbol of Venezuela's oil boom. Now, the ex-refinery worker said, he hoped to see his coastal city rise again through a relaunch of the Latin American country's oil industry by the United States, after Washington forcibly removed Nicolas Maduro from power on January 3. "We're looking at a very promising outlook because, si......

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