Venezuela, oil tankers
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Donald Trump has said the US will keep or sell the crude oil contained on tankers it has seized off the coast of Venezuela, as well as the vessels themselves. The US president's comments came as Washington continues to pressure the South American country's leader Nicolas Maduro to stand down.
President Donald Trump said Monday the US remains in active pursuit of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, more than 24 hours after the chase began, while repeating his threats against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Efforts to stop Venezuela’s oil exports signal that U.S. goals go beyond the narcotics trade to include pressure on the Maduro regime.
The pursuit of the tanker, off the coast of Venezuela, is the second such operation this weekend and the third in less than a week.
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Trump orders blockade of ‘sanctioned oil tankers’ into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on Maduro
President Donald Trump says he is ordering a blockade of all “sanctioned oil tankers” into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro.
This is Washington's latest move to increase pressure on Nicolas Maduro's government, targeting its main source of income.
Venezuela said in response to the announced blockade that it rejected Trump’s “grotesque threat.” Venezuela deployed its navy to escort tankers leaving the country’s main oil port from Tuesday evening to Wednesday morning, following Trump’s announcement, according to the New York Times.
President Donald Trump is gathering with top national security officials on Monday, a meeting that comes as the U.S. Coast Guard steps up efforts to interdict oil tankers in the Caribbean Sea as part of the Republican administration's escalating pressure campaign on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's government.
President Trump said on Monday that the U.S. government will, for now, keep the oil and two oil tankers that the U.S. Coast Guard seized off the coast of Venezuela this month. “We’re
Trump is set to announce Monday at 4:30 p.m. from Mar-a-Lago with Pete Hegseth and John Phelan, amid concerns of US escalation in Venezuela.