US seizes oil tanker off Venezuela
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Venezuela condemns U.S. seizure of oil tanker as "blatant theft" after joint operation targets sanctioned vessel carrying crude off Venezuelan coast.
HAVANA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Cuba denied it had reached out to the United States about what the region would look like without President Nicolas Maduro leading Venezuela, calling the media report "absurd and false.
The U.S. seized an oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast after a monthslong buildup of military forces in the region.
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.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions mount with the government of President Nicolás Maduro.
María Corina Machado reappeared on the global stage as the Trump administration ramped up its pressure campaign against President Nicolás Maduro.
The opposition and the Maduro regime will face a new variable at the negotiating table: the United States and its heavy military presence off Venezuela’s coast. As a direct party, the Trump