Venezuela on Wednesday condemned the U.S. seizure of a sanctioned oil tanker off its coast, calling it an "act of international piracy." "The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela strongly denounces and ...

Mark Chadwick has previously received funding from the Arts & Humanities Research Council “We’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela – a large tanker, very large, the largest one ever ...

Cuba’s top diplomat on Wednesday called the U.S. Coast Guard’s recent seizure of an oil tanker an “aggressive escalation” amid growing tensions between the Trump administration and Venezuela. “We ...

Iran has seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian media said overnight Friday to Saturday, adding that 18 crew members from India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were on board. “An oil tanker ...

Mexico City, Mexico, December 11, 2025 (venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuela accused the United States of committing “international piracy” after US authorities seized an oil tanker in the Caribbean, ...

Dozens of tankers are transporting American-sanctioned oil off the coast of Venezuela, raising the possibility of further seizures after the U.S. captured an oil tanker in the Caribbean on Wednesday.

Oil prices remained elevated in early Asian trade on Tuesday as investors priced in growing geopolitical risk, especially after a drone strike damaged infrastructure at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium ...

On December 10, President Trump announced that U.S. forces seized Skipper, a sanctioned oil tanker transporting Venezuelan oil. The following questions examine the implications of this seizure for ...

The tanker was headed eastward and had recently carried Iranian oil. The seizure is an escalation in President Trump’s military pressure campaign against Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro. By Edward ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has a series of vexing choices to make in the year ahead on issues including Gaza, conscription and a judicial overhaul, with elections looming. By David M.

United States President Donald Trump has said that the US has seized a sanctioned oil tanker close to the coast of Venezuela, in a move that has caused oil prices to spike and further escalates ...

Venezuela has accused the US of "piracy" after an oil tanker was seized off the country's coast. Donald Trump announced the operation had taken place during a meeting of business leaders at the White ...