Venezuela

White House orders US forces to focus on 'quarantine' of Venezuelan oil for next two months

The White House has directed US forces to prioritize the "quarantine" of Venezuelan oil for the next two months, aiming to use economic pressure over military action.

An illustration of oil rigs over a background of a Venezuelan flag.
An illustrative image of nuclear missiles being launched from countries around the Mediterranean region for World War III.

Is Israel ready if World War Three breaks out? - opinion

The CBS Broadcast Center stands in Manhattan on September 13, 2018 in New York City.

'60 Minutes' segment on Trump's deportations, CEGOT mega-prison leaks after being pulled by CBS

 CIA Director John Ratcliffe receives updates in the Situation Room of the White House, in Washington, June 21, 2025.

Iran’s operations in Venezuela and the looming threat to US security - opinion


US intercepts another vessel in international waters near Venezuela, officials say

The move comes days after US President Donald Trump announced a "blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela.

A US military helicopter flies over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted by the US Coast Guard, days after US President Donald Trump announced a "blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, east of Barbados in the Caribbean Sea December 20, 2025.

Venezuela is not just authoritarianism, it is organized crime in power - opinion

Venezuelans have paid for freedom with their lives. The world now has the moral and strategic obligation to act.

Supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro shout slogans during a campaign rally in Caracas

US interdicting, seizing vessel off Venezuelan coast, officials say

Venezuelan government rejected the seizure of a new vessel transporting oil, describing it as a "serious act of international piracy."

US President Donald Trump reacts while preparing to sign an executive order classifying fentanyl as 'weapon of mass destruction' during a Mexican Border Defense Medal presentation in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, December 15, 2025.

Russia warns US moves on Venezuela could have ‘fatal’ consequences

Trump on Tuesday ordered a "blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela as Washington tries to increase pressure on President Nicolas Maduro's government.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during a press conference after addressing the 80th United Nations General Assembly, September 27, 2025.

How will Trump's Venezuela oil tanker ban affect the Islamic Republic? - analysis

Trump's oil tanker blockade on Venezuela could affect Iran or other countries that trade with Caracas or operate sanctioned oil tankers.

Chevron-chartered oil tanker Ionic Anax is seen near the Bajo Grande port in Venezuela's lake Maracaibo after loading for export, in San Francisco, Zulia State, Venezuela December 13, 2025.

Trump designates Venezuelan 'regime' foreign terrorist organization, orders blockade of oil tankers

US President Donald Trump's comments came a week after the United States seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.

US President Donald Trump reacts while preparing to sign an executive order classifying fentanyl as 'weapon of mass destruction' during a Mexican Border Defense Medal presentation in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, December 15, 2025.

US Southern Command targets narco-traffickers in international waters

"Intelligence confirmed that the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and were engaged in narco-trafficking," the military said in a post on X.

The top deck of US Navy's USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, with fighter jets, December 1, 2025; illustrative.

White House documents America’s decline as a global power - opinion

The latest National Security Strategy doesn’t plan America’s future; it records its withdrawal from being a global superpower.

US President Donald Trump looks on next to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a press conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, in. Trump’s National Security Strategy marks the end of the US as a world power, the writer charges.

Bryan Stern, the man behind the extraction of Maria Corina Machado from Venezuela - interview

Grey Bull Rescue, which operates entirely on donations, conducted the mission without financial or operational assistance from any state actor.

Bryan Stern, founder and chairman of the humanitarian extraction group Grey Bull Rescue.

María Corina Machado reveals she fled Venezuela with help from US government - report

Machado, who is now in Oslo, Norway, to join the festivities around the Nobel Prize ceremony, told journalists that she "had support from the United States government."

 Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gestures as she addresses supporters at a protest ahead of the Friday inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro for his third term, in Caracas, Venezuela January 9, 2025.

Venezuela's Nobel laureate Machado says she aims for peaceful transition after Maduro

"Maduro will leave power, whether it is negotiated or not negotiated," Machado told a press conference in the Norwegian capital. "I am focused on an orderly and peaceful transition."

Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store meets Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado during her visit to the Storting, in Oslo, Norway December 11, 2025.