2025 • Dec 17
What action is Trump taking against Venezuela’s oil industry?
The US president wants a blockade of oil tankers under sanctions to stop them entering and leaving Venezuela
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2025 • Dec 17
Trump orders blockade of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela
Move comes amid escalating campaign against Maduro as Venezuelan government condemns ‘grotesque threat’Donald Trump has ordered “a total and complete” blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers ...
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2025 • Dec 16
How a Brazilian meat tycoon accused of bribery and deforestation became a key player in regional diplomacy
Joesley Batista is credited as a major force behind the reconciliation between Trump and Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaSix international airlines had suspended flights to Venezuela over the risk ...
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2025 • Dec 16
Pentagon won’t release full video of Caribbean strike that killed two people, Hegseth says
Legal experts have raised concerns US forces may have committed a war crime by killing survivors of initial strike
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2025 • Dec 16
Venezuela accuses Trinidad and Tobago of taking part in US seizure of oil tanker
Maduro regime accuses Caribbean nation of participating in ‘theft of Venezuelan oil’ as tensions mount in regionVenezuela has accused the government of Trinidad and Tobago of taking part in ...
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2025 • Dec 14
Pilot narrowly avoids ‘midair collision’ with US air force plane near Venezuela
JetBlue pilot calls incident ‘outrageous’ and says US military refueling tanker didn’t have transponder turned onA JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao halted its ascent...
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2025 • Dec 13
Venezuela oil exports reportedly fall sharply after US seizure of tanker
The seizure of the Skipper on Wednesday marked the first US capture of Venezuelan oil cargo since sanctions were imposed in 2019Venezuelan oil exports have reportedly fallen sharply since th...
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2025 • Dec 11
US lawmakers condemn seizure of Venezuelan oil tanker: ‘Trump is sleepwalking us into a war’
Unease grows in Washington, including among some Republicans, over Trump administration’s escalating military posture in the Caribbean
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2025 • Dec 11
Pressure on Maduro grows after US seizes ‘dark fleet’ tanker off coast of Venezuela
Move interpreted as escalation of US policy as Vladimir Putin ‘reaffirms’ support for South American dictator
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2025 • Dec 11
Venezuela decries ‘act of piracy’ after US forces seize oil tanker off country’s coast
Footage uploaded to X by US attorney general shows its forces landing on the tanker in major escalation of Trump’s pressure campaign
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2025 • Dec 10
Venezuelan Nobel peace prize winner will not attend ceremony, say organisers
Opposition leader María Corina Machado’s daughter to receive award on her behalf in Oslo, says Nobel InstituteThe Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado will not attend the Nobel ...
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2025 • Dec 09
Oslo appearance by Nobel peace prize winner María Corina Machado cancelled
Press conference was expected to have been Venezuelan opposition leader’s first public appearance in 11 monthsA press conference in Oslo with the Nobel peace prize laureate María Corina Mach...
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