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  "path": "/2026/05/13/white-house-51st-state-trolling-tests-caracas-s-oil-opening?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=main&utm_campaign=rss",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-13T11:57:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "The official White House account on Tuesday published a series of messages on social media platform X suggesting the annexation of Venezuela to the United States under the formula of the \"51st state,\" a discursive shift that strains the bilateral rapprochement built since the capture of former President Nicolás Maduro on 3 January. The first post shows a map of Venezuela covered with the US flag and the caption \"51st State\"; eight minutes later, a video revives Secretary of State Marco Rubio's announcement of Maduro's capture, with footage of the former leader being flown to New York. The publication comes at a moment of apparent stagnation in the economic opening that acting President Delcy Rodríguez has pushed from Caracas to attract US investment.",
  "title": "White House \"51st state\" trolling tests Caracas's oil opening"
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