The seizure of a Venezuelan-linked oil tanker earlier this week represents a new pressure point the United States is applying to Nicolas Maduro, the widely considered illegitimate leader of the ...

The U.S. is weighing its military options in oil-rich Venezuela, influencing elections in other South American petroleum nations, and increasingly trying to control natural resources in the Americas.

T he Skipper, the oil tanker fresh from filling up in a Venezuelan port, was seized by U.S. forces last week and is being ...

The U.S. seizure of the tanker Skipper earlier this week has been widely interpreted as a significant escalation by the Trump administration against the government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela.

The U.S. is targeting Cuba to destabilize Venezuela, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio backing a strategy that cuts off ...

The Trump administration's decision to seize an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela has turned a covert maritime raid into ...

The U.S. seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker marks a sharp escalation in sanctions enforcement, increasing risks for buyers.

Donald Trump's latest National Security Strategy memorandum treats the freedom to coerce others as the essence of US sovereignty. It is an ominous document that will – if allowed to stand – come back ...

An attack by an alleged Islamic State member in Syria has killed two U.S. service members and one American civilian ...

Machado backs Trump’s ‘regime change war’ against Maduro as Venezuela tension escalates with tanker seizure - Peace Prize ...