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Yesterday — 13 December 2025Main stream

Venezuela Oil Tanker Seized by U.S. Was Part of Effort to Finance Cuba

Firms with ties to Cuba are getting a larger share of Venezuelan oil exports, as the island’s security agents boost President Nicolás Maduro’s defenses.

© Vantor, via Associated Press

An oil tanker called the Skipper in the southern Caribbean Sea. It was seized by the United States.
Before yesterdayMain stream

A Seized Oil Tanker Off Venezuela and the Big Business of Dark Fleet Smuggling

The U.S. seizure of a vessel off Venezuela is likely to squeeze the country’s government, but do little to counter the tankers that secretively move oil from sanctioned countries.

© Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York Times

Oil tankers anchored at a refinery in Punto Fijo, Venezuela, in 2022. The country relies heavily on a so-called dark fleet to export its oil.

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.

© Planet Labs, via Reuters

A satellite image showing the Skipper, an oil tanker, near Port Jose, Venezuela, in November.

U.S. Issues New Sanctions Targeting Maduro’s Family and the Oil Sector

The United States is escalating its pressure campaign on Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, after seizing an oil tanker off the coast.

© Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York Times

President Nicolás Maduro during a rally in Caracas on Wednesday.

What Does the Oil Tanker Seizure Mean for Venezuela’s Economy?

12 December 2025 at 04:23
Seizures of more tankers could put a stranglehold on Venezuela’s economy, which is exceptionally dependent on oil to keep the government running and pay for basic necessities.

© Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York Times

An oil tanker docked at Cardon Refinery in Venezuela, in 2021.

Trump Says U.S. Seized Oil Tanker Off Venezuelan Coast

The seizure comes as the United States builds up its forces in the Caribbean as part of a campaign against President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump announced the seizure at the White House on Wednesday, without giving details on the operation.
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