On Wednesday, the Trump administration seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela; it was reportedly carrying Venezuelan oil. “Well, we keep it, I guess,” President Trump told reporters at the White House — adding that “other things” involving Venezuela “are happening” as well.

The Venezuelan defense minister has vowed to respond to U.S. "sovereignty" threats as pressure on Caracas mounts.

In announcing the U.S. had seized an oil tanker off Venezuela on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said of its crude, “We’ll keep it, I guess.”

The Trump administration is reviving the Monroe Doctrine for Latin America. The aim: keeping China out and securing oil and resources for itself.

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.

As US Forces continue to concentrate in the Caribbean ahead of the holidays, President Donald Trump has announced all skies around Venezuela are ‘closed’. There have been rumblings of a potential conflict between Venezuela and the United States for ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. As the USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier sails to the Caribbean, the U.S. military continues striking drug-carrying boats off the Venezuelan coast and the Trump ...

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President Donald Trump ordered a total blockade Tuesday of sanctioned oil tankers moving in and out of Venezuela. Trump announced