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US hits Maduro's family with new harsh sanctions
New U.S. sanctions have been imposed on family members and associates of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as Washington increases pressure on Caracas. The measures have targeted seven people who are family members or associates of Malpica Flores, a nephew of Maduro, and Panamanian businessman Ramon Carretero.

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Trump administration announces fresh sanctions on Maduro’s extended family members
Trump administration targets Maduro’s inner circle, family in major narco-state crackdown
US forces stop oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as Trump follows up on promise to seize tankers
U.S. forces on Saturday stopped an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela for the second time in less than two weeks as President Donald Trump continues to ramp up pressure on Venezuelan President Nico...

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Rubio calls ‘status quo’ with Venezuela ‘intolerable’ as Trump admin sanctions Maduro family members
US seizes second oil tanker off Venezuela's coast
Exclusive: US intercepts oil tanker off Venezuelan coast, officials say
"The United States will continue to pursue the illicit movement of sanctioned oil that is used to fund narco terrorism in the region," she said in a statement posted to social media.

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US attempting to seize another vessel off the coast of Venezuela amid escalating tensions between the countries
US seizing second vessel off Venezuelan coast after Trump’s blockade threat, report says

Can Maduro survive as Trump's oil pressure campaign hits his regime’s weak spot?

U.S. limits on Venezuelan oil exports are cutting the revenue that once sustained Nicolás Maduro, weakening his cash flow and putting the regime’s stability at risk.

Trump counts on incremental pressure, for now, to make Maduro cry uncle

President Donald Trump’s blockade of oil tankers off the coast of Venezuela brings into focus his current strategy toward Nicolas Maduro: Isolate the strongman through incremental pressure tactics rather than a major operation inside the country that Trump has, at times, asserted was about to begin.

Venezuela’s Maduro Blasts Trump’s ‘Warmongering’

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has said that President Donald Trump's threats against his nation are "simply a warmongering and colonialist pretense." Speaking in Caracas on Wednesday, he said that Trump's aim was regime change to impose a "puppet government that wouldn't last 47 hours,

National security expert predicts Venezuelan leader Maduro is 'going to be gone' under Trump pressure

Expert predicts Maduro's downfall as Trump intensifies pressure through comprehensive oil sanctions and strict maritime enforcement measures.

Venezuela’s Maduro orders navy to escort ships hauling oil-based products, defying Trump blockade

Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro ordered his navy to escort ships out of port — a brazen challenge to President Trump’s newly declared “blockade” that risks a dangerous showdown with the US on

Venezuela Civil War ‘Very Likely’ If US Ousts Maduro, Analyst Warns

As U.S.-Venezuela tensions rise, sociologist and historian Emmanuel Guerisoli wrote in Spanish in Latinoamerica21 that a civil war is "very likely" if the United States tries to unilaterally oust President Nicolás Maduro.

Putin offers ‘solidarity’ for Venezuelan people as tensions mount between Maduro and US

Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed “solidarity with the Venezuelan people” amid growing tensions between Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, and the Trump administration.

On Maduro’s ‘terror island,’ Hezbollah operatives move in as tourists drift out

Israel's strikes on Hezbollah are driving the terror group to expand operations in Venezuela, creating new security threats closer to U.S. borders.
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