The Trump Admin just sent tensions with Venezuela soaring once again, as the U.S. seized an oil tanker in the Caribbean, and announced new sanctions against members of President Nicolás Maduro’s family, as well as six crude oil tankers and the shipping companies linked to them.
Journalist and Geopolitical Analyst Danny Haiphong noted that while the Trump Admin is desperate for regime change in Venezuela, they lack a “paramilitary” force on the ground, they are unlikely to get the Venezuelan military to turn on Maduro, and any bombing attacks they initiate will remind the Venezuelan people that are under attack by a foreign enemy.
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12 Dec. 2025 - Exclusive: US preparing to seize more tankers off Venezuela’s coast after first ship taken, sources say
11 Dec. 2025 - Trump expands Venezuela sanctions as Maduro decries new ‘era of piracy’
10 Dec. 2025 - US forces seize oil tanker near Venezuela, Caracas condemns move as ‘piracy’
12 Dec. 2025 - Putin backs Maduro amid standoff with US
12 Dec. 2025 - China rejects unilateral sanctions after US seizes tanker off Venezuela coast
11 Dec. 2025 - US proposes ‘free economic zone’ in parts of Donbas after Ukrainian pullback, Zelensky says
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