President Donald Trump’s deployment of warships off Venezuela and the administration's continuing pressure on President Nicolás Maduro, considered to be Venezuela’s illegitimate leader, has heightened ...

The U.S. Coast Guard conducted the seizure, officials said. The U.S. has seized a tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday, amid escalating tensions between the ...

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.

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 ...

After having escaped her country in secret, Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado said Thursday that she got help from the U.S. government to leave hiding in Venezuela and collect her award.

Seizures of more tankers could put a stranglehold on Venezuela’s economy, which is exceptionally dependent on oil to keep the government running and pay for basic necessities. Seizures of more tankers ...

HOUSTON/LONDON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - More than 30 U.S.-sanctioned oil vessels doing business in Venezuela could face punishment by Washington after the Coast Guard seized a supertanker carrying ...

In December 2025, social media posts (archived here, here and here) claimed that Hugo Carvajal, Venezuela's former chief of national intelligence, had released a list of U.S. politicians allegedly ...

WASHINGTON ‒ The United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid a monthslong buildup of military forces surrounding the country, President Donald Trump confirmed on Dec. 10.

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate, María Corina Machado, faces the political decision of a lifetime: whether to travel to Oslo on Wednesday to accept the award in person. The Venezuelan ...

Venezuela will continue accepting deportation flights from the U.S. at the request of President Donald Trump's administration, the country announced Tuesday. Trump threatened to declare the airspace ...

The flight’s approval illustrates how the United States and Venezuela are still communicating, after a declaration from President Trump that Venezuelan airspace was “closed in its entirety.” By Simon ...