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September 5, 2026

He’s Our Business Partner.

The background check meets the business partnership

Editorial cartoon at the White House security entrance showing Alejandro Betancourt beside a security officer reviewing files labeled U.S. Money-Laundering Investigation, Spanish Money-Laundering Investigation, Swiss Money-Laundering Investigation and Venezuela / PDVSA. The officer asks if he is there to see the president about Venezuelan oil. Betancourt says yes, while Donald Trump waves from inside and says, Let him through. He’s our business partner. An aide holds a U.S. Government NABEP Venezuela Oil Partnership sign.