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Burgum aims to boost U.S. investment and reform mining laws to secure critical minerals and rare earths as alternatives to Chinese supply, with billions in potential investments.
- On March 4, 2026, U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum met acting President Delcy Rodríguez at Miraflores presidential palace, Caracas, in a sign of resource focus, media reported.
- Venezuela's national assembly is preparing mining-law reforms to allow foreign mining companies to exploit gold, diamonds and rare earths as part of U.S. efforts after Nicolás Maduro's capture months ago.
- Earlier in the day, Burgum met with foreign mining executives as the interim government weighs mineral regulation changes, and Laura Dogu, U.S. top diplomat in Venezuela, joined him at Miraflores; he plans meetings with oil and gas companies on Thursday.
- Venezuela's abundant but poorly regulated mineral resources complicate foreign investment, while the Trump administration last month proposed a critical minerals trading bloc to counter China.
- Behind the scenes, the Trump administration has been building a legal case against Delcy Rodríguez that could include corruption and money-laundering charges, Reuters reported Tuesday.
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US interior secretary in Venezuela to discuss critical minerals
Caracas: US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum on Wednesday, March 4, met in Venezuela with acting President Delcy Rodríguez in the latest sign of the Trump administration’s intent to exercise control over the South American country’s natural resources. Burgum, who leads US President Donald Trump‘s National Energy Dominance Council, and Rodríguez met with representatives of more than two dozen US mining and minerals companies, many of which h…
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum met Wednesday with dictator Delcy Rodríguez at the Miraflores Palace in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, as part of a visit in which one of the main interests on the agenda of President Donald Trump’s administration official will be specifically the mining sector. In a statement, the Venezuelan regime noted that Rodríguez and Burgum spoke about a bilateral agenda in sectors such as energy, and reiterated that the s…
US Interior Secretary Burgum is in Venezuela for Talks on Mining and Resources
U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is meeting Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez as the Trump administration pushes to shape the country's oil and mineral sector US Interior Secretary Burgum is in Venezuela for Talks on Mining and Resources.
After oil, US targets Venezuela’s mineral wealth for investment and exports
CARACAS, March 5 — US mining companies are lining up to invest in Venezuela, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said during a visit to Caracas on Wednesday as he pushed for greater access to critical minerals.Burgum represents an administration which says it in effect runs Venezuela and controls its vast natural resources like oil after toppling Nicolas Maduro.Burgum is the second senior US official to visit Caracas since the American bombing raid o…
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