Maduro, Venezuela and Cartel de los Soles
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Just a day after the United States seized an oil tanker near Venezuela, another operation is underway. It would mark the third seizure in under two weeks.
Under international law, Venezuela has control over its own oil — but its efforts to nationalize its oil industry in 2007 did result in arbitration.
The United States is in active pursuit of a Venezuelan oil tanker...the third vessel the U.S. has recently targeted. Former Director for Syria and Lebanon at the White House National Security Council during the Obama Administration,
The U.S. is 'in active pursuit' of an oil tanker after President Donald Trump announced a total blockade of Venezuela's oil exports.
Personnel from the United States boarded and seized a vessel off the coast of Venezuela on Saturday, according to an official familiar with the matter, as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on Caracas.
At the United Nations Security Council, China's deputy permanent representative Sun Lei said Washington's actions go far beyond any legitimate anti-narcotics operation. The sinking of Venezuelan vessels,
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Is the United States after Venezuela’s oil?
As United States forces deployed in the Caribbean have zoned in on tankers transporting sanctioned Venezuelan oil, questions have deepened about the real motivation for President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on Caracas.
A Venezuela-bound vessel fled after rebuffing an attempt by the Coast Guard to seize it, the latest twist in the escalating U.S. pressure campaign against the Maduro government.
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The United States is preparing to intercept more ships transporting Venezuelan oil following after a tanker was seized this week, as it increases pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Closely tied to Washington during much of the Cold War, Venezuela has gone through political upheavals over the years that now make it a major enemy in the eyes of the Trump administration.
Since September, US forces have launched dozens of air strikes on boats that Washington alleges, without showing evidence, were transporting drugs.
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