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Will Lake Charles area refineries benefit from Trump's Venezuela takeover?

The Current | Lafayette

Jan 15, 2026

As detained Venezuelan President Nichols Maduro awaits his next US court appearance in March and headlines about an American buyout of Venezuelan-owned Citgo loom over Gulf Coast w…

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