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,

President Trump’s pressure campaign against Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro continues to ramp up, with his threat this past week to impose a blockade on sanctioned oil tankers, but the

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.

The M/T Skipper seized by U.S. Coast Guard, was a sanctioned crude-oil tanker previously identified as part of an oil shipping network supporting Lebanese group Hezbollah and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force, both U.S.-designated terrorist organizations.

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday what he called a "blockade" of sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers, ratcheting up American pressure on the Venezuelan regime.

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The president assembles a fleet of warships off the shores of an oil rich country run by a brutal dictator. He orders hundreds of air strikes against the dictator’s assets, which forces him from

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

Trump administration's new National Security Strategy elevates Western Hemisphere as security priority, targeting Venezuela crisis and instability.