US EditionIran condemns US seizure of oil tanker off Venezuelan coast
The tanker Skipper was seized in a US Coast Guard raid enforcing sanctions linked to Hezbollah and Iran's IRGC, aiming to disrupt narcotics and illicit oil trade networks.
- The US seized a Venezuelan oil tanker off the coast on December 10, leading to accusations of theft and piracy from the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry, which labeled it 'blatant theft and an act of international piracy'.
- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez condemned the seizure, calling it a violation of international law and expressing full support for Venezuela's response.
- The US announced the tanker was seized on December 10, claiming it targeted Venezuelan oil linked to the Iranian oil trade.
- US President Donald Trump described the seizure as the 'largest' tanker taken, emphasizing it aimed to diminish Maduro's regime and support for Cuba.
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Readers respond: Tanker seizure an act of piracy
We’re a bit short of explanations on the rationale for seizing a tanker full of Venezuelan oil, but from where I sit, it’s hard to see that as anything other than an act of piracy. Every time I think this administration can’t stoop any lower, they prove me wrong.
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Why Trump is edging toward a serious conflict with Venezuela
President Trump is turning up the pressure against Venezuela and its strongman leader Nicolás Maduro, seizing a massive oil tanker en route to Cuba this week and slapping additional sanctions against his leadership. The seizure of the sanctioned ship, called Skipper, is the most recent swipe by the Trump administration against Maduro, whom U.S. officials have called [...]
Officialism mobilized its bases to protest "against the empire" in the streets of Caracas and in the Sucre and Monagas states
The seizure was a blow to the socialist "regime" of Caracas, declared in Congress the U.S. Secretary of National Security, Kristi Noem.
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