India, Jan. 4 -- The brazen and swift "capture" of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by US special forces in an operation inside the Latin American country's capital has rejigged geopolitics. And it has put the global spotlight on Venezuela's massive natural wealth - an oil rush, if crudely stated.

But how much is the oil, how much money is at stake, and who gets to keep it now, and later? These are key questions centred on the vast oil wealth after US President Donald Trump made clear America's crude-related intentions.

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Just after the bold "large-scale strike" that extracted Maduro as well as his wife and fellow leader Cilia Flores from Caracas, Trump stated that the Uni...