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Fresh from his Venezuela adventure, US president shows no sign of backing down on Arctic island

Venezuela’s opposition leader weighs when to return — and whether to mobilise her supporters

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Two of Europe’s largest energy companies are struggling to recover payments worth about $6bn from Venezuela and are facing indifference from US officials about the debt, according to two people familiar with the … Read more

Hours before the US staged a raid to capture Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s president was hosting a senior envoy from China, one of his closest international backers and most important oil buyer. Maduro presented Qiu Xiaoqi, whom he called a special envoy of President Xi Jinping, with a statue of a horse to mark the new … Read more

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Professional services myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A legal dispute between FTI Consulting and one of its former top executives has escalated, with the consulting giant accusing its one-time star of plotting with Goldman Sachs to launch a breakaway firm. In a … Read more

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Donald Trump said the US government could reimburse oil companies that invest in Venezuela as he looks to coax energy groups into spending “billions of dollars” to revitalise the country’s ailing infrastructure. The … Read more

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world US refiners are braced for a surge in Venezuelan crude that would make them early winners of President Donald Trump’s extraordinary plans for an energy-led regime change in Caracas. Shares in America’s top … Read more

Ousted Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro faces sweeping charges of drug trafficking, but analysts say US prosecutors will need to focus tightly on proving he moved weapons, drugs and laundered money in order to convict him. US President Donald Trump has painted Maduro, who was snatched by US forces in a pre-dawn raid on his compound … Read more

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Venezuela’s government has launched a crackdown in the wake of the US’s capture of Nicolás Maduro, arresting journalists and deploying paramilitary forces to suppress any show of support for the authoritarian leader’s ousting. Gun-toting paramilitaries … Read more

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Microsoft and McKinsey are among the US companies paying up to $1mn to sponsor a Davos venue that will serve as a base for US government officials during President Donald Trump’s trip to … Read more