US EditionTrump: Venezuela must pay for seized US oil assets
The U.S. targets around 30 sanctioned oil tankers to pressure Venezuela to return seized American assets and cut off Maduro's main revenue source, officials said.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump demanded Venezuela return assets seized years ago from U.S. oil companies, citing lost U.S. investments as part of his pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro.
- Venezuela first moved to nationalize its oil industry in the 1970s and expanded expropriations under Hugo Chávez, leading a 2014 international arbitration panel to order $1.6 billion to ExxonMobil.
- U.S. forces last week seized an oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast amid a naval buildup including the U.S. Navy's most advanced aircraft carrier; officials said the announced 'blockade' targets previously sanctioned vessels as some tankers divert.
- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil demanded in a letter to the U.N. Security Council that the U.S. release the 'kidnapped crew' and return oil seized on the high seas, while Venezuela’s U.N. ambassador Samuel Moncada called for an emergency meeting accusing the U.S. of ongoing aggression.
- In a Tuesday social media post, President Donald Trump accused Venezuela of using oil to fund drug trafficking and other crimes, while last month the administration designated the Cartel de los Soles and strikes on suspected drug boats have killed at least 99 people.
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