4 days ago - The U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday that it had taken control of a tanker that was operating in defiance of the Trump administration’s partial blockade on sanctioned vessels transporting oil from Venezuela, the sixth ship intercepted since December. The tanker, originally called the Veronica, was “boarded and seized” in the Caribbean Sea, according to a social media post from the Coast Guard. The post included a video of armed U.S.

4 days ago - Monochrome video showed a helicopter flying next to the tanker and US troops boarding the vessel. The seizure marks the sixth vessel targeted in recent weeks as part of the effort by the Trump administration to control the Venezuelan oil industry

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2 weeks ago - This screenshot from a video posted to social media on Dec. 20, 2025, by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem purports to show the U.S. Coast Guard apprehending an oil tanker. (@Sec_Noem/X) Questioned over the weekend about how or if the U.S. government will take over governing Venezuela ...

1 week ago - The tanker had loaded roughly 700,000 barrels of oil in late December and early January at Venezuela’s José Terminal, according to Kpler and TankerTrackers.com, firms that track global oil shipments, and independently verified by The New York Times. A video of the U.S.

4 days ago - His administration has said it expects to sell at least 30 million to 50 million barrels of sanctioned Venezuelan oil. A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy. Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue. Donate now · Left: Footage from a video released by U.S. Southern Command shows the Venezuela-linked tanker Veronica at sea, in this screen grab taken from a handout video released on Jan.

1 week ago - Nine tankers sail east from Venezuela, captured by satellite imagery in early January. (European Union, contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026, processed with Copernicus Browser) ... At least 11 oil tankers under U.S.

2 weeks ago - U.S. seeks to assert its control over Venezuelan oil with tanker seizures, global sales · Video U.S.

1 week ago - Duration 1:20The U.S. seized two sanctioned oil tankers linked to Venezuela in back-to-back actions in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea, officials said on Wednesday, and is removing sanctions to enable the shipping and sale of oil from ...

2 weeks ago - Trump announces Venezuela will give U.S. up to 50 million barrels of oil ... Russian propaganda TV channel RT shared what it said was exclusive footage from aboard the tanker Tuesday night. It did not say where or when the footage was shot. “Visibility is poor due to fog, and a U.S. Coast Guard ship is visible in the distance,” the caption accompanying the video read, adding that American reconnaissance aircraft were monitoring the vessel.

1 month ago - The United States on Saturday seized an oil tanker that was last docked in Venezuela, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post on social media platform X. Thomson Reuters · Posted: Dec 20, 2025 4:33 PM EST | Last Updated: December 20, 2025 ... The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. This screenshot from a video posted on social media Saturday by U.S.

The US has seized another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, US Southern Command said on Friday. CNN's Natasha Bertrand reports. ... Pope Leo XIV met with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado to discuss the potential release of political prisoners, among other things, ...

December 10, 2025 - It's a video, not an article. ... At 6am today, US forces boarded the Skipper off Venezuela’s coast. 1.1 million barrels seized. Two helicopters. Twenty operators. Zero resistance. This is not about one tanker. The Skipper was sanctioned in 2022 for financing Hezbollah and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards through an illicit oil network run by Gulf businessman Viktor Artemov.

December 11, 2025 - U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi ... Venezuela and Iran. ... A 45-second video posted by Bondi showed two helicopters approaching a vessel and armed individuals in camouflage rappelling onto it....

2 days ago - Maduro said in October 2025 that the US wanted to seize Venezuela's oil and that the Bolivarian Army of Venezuela had been mobilized to repel a land invasion. The Russian tanker Seahorse, sanctioned by the European Union and the UK, attempting to deliver naphtha (a product necessary to help export Venezuela's heavy crude) to Venezuela was forced several times by USS Stockdale to turn back towards Cuba, although it eventually reached Venezuela in November 2025.