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U.S. Issues New Sanctions Targeting Maduro’s Family and the Oil Sector
ByNicholas Nehamas, Tyler Pager, Farnaz Fassihi and Alan Rappeport December 11, 2025December 12, 2025

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

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What to Know About Trump’s Seizure of an Oil Tanker Near Venezuela
ByEdward Wong and Nicholas Nehamas December 11, 2025December 13, 2025

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.

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The US is now a rogue state – look at its extrajudicial killings off Venezuela’s coast | Simon Tisdall
BySimon Tisdall November 16, 2025

These widely condemned strikes are just the latest sign of Trump’s imperialist revival – and the collapsing of the rules-based world orderThe UK’s reported decision to restrict intelligence-sharing with the Pentagon on suspected drug-traffickers’ boats…

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The US is now a rogue state – look at its extrajudicial killings off Venezuela’s coast | Simon Tisdall
BySimon Tisdall November 16, 2025

These widely condemned strikes are just the latest sign of Trump’s imperialist revival – and the collapsing of the rules-based world orderThe UK’s reported decision to restrict intelligence-sharing with the Pentagon on suspected drug-traffickers’ boats…

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Strikes on Venezuelan Boats Prompt Rare U.N. Meeting on the United States
ByFarnaz Fassihi October 11, 2025

The U.N. Security Council met Friday to discuss the Trump administration’s deadly attacks on what it asserts were drug smugglers in the Caribbean.

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Machado’s Peace Prize Is Latest Nobel Honor for Female Democracy Campaigners
ByHannah Beech October 10, 2025

Women in Iran, Liberia, Yemen and Myanmar have been recognized for their activism, occasionally while they were in prison and faced serious personal risk.

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Qatar Pushes U.S.-Venezuela Diplomacy as Trump Focuses on Military Action
ByEdward Wong, Eric Schmitt and Julie Turkewitz October 8, 2025

The Pentagon has deployed 10,000 U.S. troops to the region, most of them to bases in Puerto Rico, a senior military official said.

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