The U.S. has pursued a third oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, intensifying a blockade that the Trump administration hopes will cut off a vital economic lifeline for the country and isolate the government of PresidentNicolás Maduro... .
The Trump administration just grabbed another Venezuelan oil tanker, and this time, it’s about China, not Venezuela... targeting tankers that serve Chinese refineries. Right now, 23 tankers are floating inside Venezuela’s exclusive economic zone.
One day earlier, the US Coast Guard boarded the Centuries off Venezuela, a Panamanian-flagged supertanker that is not on Washington's sanctions list ... .