The United States has designated Venezuela’s so-called Cartel de los Soles a “foreign terrorist organization”, marking the latest escalation in US-Venezuela tensions. Washington alleges Venezuelan ...

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On Wednesday, the U.S. seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, a move that sent oil prices higher and sharply escalated tensions between Washington and Caracas, which called the ...

Only days after suggesting that Venezuela could become the 51st state, President Donald Trump doubled down, posting a map of the oil-rich country.