The United States intercepts an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. It was Donald Trump himself who confirmed the news. This Wednesday, at the White House, the American president confirmed that his country has intercepted and confiscated an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela,
“We have just seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, a large, very large oil tanker, the largest ever seized, actually,” the president declared when starting a round table with businessmen at the headquarters of the US Government.
The agency Bloomberg had first exclusively reported, citing familiar sources, that an oil tanker sanctioned by the United States had been confiscated by the North American country off the coast of Venezuela.
This seizure could make it much more difficult, as other carriers are now likely to be more reluctant to carry their shipments.
These events coincide on the same day as the ceremony in Oslo for the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Venezuelan opponent, who did not attend, although He assured that he will arrive in the Norwegian capital in the next few hours
The Donald Trump Administration has increased pressure on the Government of Nicolás Maduro, whom it accuses of leading an international drug trafficking network through the alleged criminal group Cartel de los Soles, something that Caracas categorically denies. Since September, the US Armed Forces have destroyed more than twenty vessels supposedly loaded with drugs in the Caribbean and the Pacific, extrajudicially killing more than 80 crew members.
In this way, the president has promised that “soon” attacks will begin within Venezuelan territory, while Maduro has called on his citizens to unite against US threats and enlist in citizen militias.
PDVSAthe Venezuelan state oil company, works on drilling tasks with the American company Chevron, which has a license from the Treasury Department that exempts it from sanctions.
Maduro asks to be prepared to “break the teeth” of the US “if necessary”
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, asked this Wednesday the country’s farmers and fishermen to be prepared to “break the teeth” of the United States, which maintains a military deployment in the Caribbean.
