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What to Know About Trump’s Seizure of an Oil Tanker Near Venezuela

The tanker was headed eastward and had recently carried Iranian oil. The seizure is an escalation in President Trump’s military pressure campaign against Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro. [Source]

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Origin: nytimes.com

Category: United States International Relations

Topics: Trump’s, Maduro, Nicolás, leader, Venezuela’s, against, campaign, pressure, military, President, escalation, seizure, Iranian, carried, recently, eastward, headed, tanker, Venezuela, Tanker, Seizure, About

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/us/politics/trump-venezuela-tanker.html