President Donald Trump announced a historic energy agreement with the interim government of Venezuela, negotiated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. ^[1] The agreement grants a company linked to Alejandro Betancourt, described as a proxy for the US in Venezuela, the right to exploit 17 oil fields with estimated reserves of 65 billion barrels over a century. ^[2] The Trump administration ended a period of US disengagement in Latin America by signing a new agreement to secure strategic interests in the region. ^[3] Delcy Rodriguez confirmed that the agreement grants the United States a secured interest in Venezuelan oil resources, which historically funded the Chavista-Madurist regime and its allies in Cuba, Russia, and China. ^[4] The pact seeks to attract more than $100 billion in private investment and raise crude oil production to over 1.5 million barrels per day starting from 17 strategic fields containing more than 65 billion barrels of reserves. ^[5] The US plan contemplates three phases: stabilization to avoid military collapse, recovery with the entry of Western firms under fair conditions, and transition to a representative government free of Cuban tutelage. ^[6] The deal provides Washington with a 35% equity stake in the corporate structure managing the assets, preferential access to production, and strategic rights over the remaining crude. ^[7] The new policy, dubbed the Donroe Doctrine, aims to reduce influence for governments aligned with US strategic adversaries and strengthen US presence in the Caribbean and Latin America. ^[8]