<p>Deal that will reportedly see US take control of 65bn barrels of Venezuelan oil has provoked outrage in her country</p><p>Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, has defended her government’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/28/trump-venezuela-oil-agreement">highly controversial energy deal</a> with Donald Trump, insisting the South American country will maintain ownership and sovereignty over its massive oil reserves.</p><p>Rodríguez, who assumed power in January