Venezuela holds the world’s largest proven oil reserves, controlling more of the vitally important natural resource than any other nation, according to recent data.

The U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro - praised by President Donald Trump as stunning ‌and ​powerful - leaves behind uncertainty about who is running the oil-rich country.

"We’re going to have our very ​large U.S. oil companies, the biggest anywhere in the world, go in, spend billions of dollars, fix ​the badly ⁠broken infrastructure, oil infrastructure, and start makin...