In January, the US military captured and detained Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro. Since then, Donald Trump has said Washington would run Venezuela’s oil reserves. On Friday, Washington announced a deal to take majority control of much of the country’s oil reserves. The move puts Venezuela’s vast oil resources at the centre of US policy and raises questions over why the reserves matter to Washington. Al Jazeera’s Um-e-Kulsoom Shariff explains. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X : https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.news/AJEMobile #Venezuela #VenezuelanOil #NicolasMaduro #DonaldTrump #US #OilReserves #USVenezuela #VenezuelaOil #Trump #AlJazeeraEnglish