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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

The United States is escalating its pressure campaign on Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, after seizing an oil tanker off the coast. By Nicholas Nehamas Tyler Pager Farnaz Fassihi and Alan ...

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 ...

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.

The seizure comes as the United States builds up its forces in the Caribbean as part of a campaign against President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela. By Tyler Pager Eric Schmitt and Nicholas Nehamas ...

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 ...

Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro says escalating pressure from the US comes down to one thing: Washington wants to grab the South American nation's vast oil reserves. This week the American military ...