Venezuela Blasts US After Dramatic Seizure of Sanctioned Tanker
Venezuela erupted in anger Wednesday after U.S. authorities seized a sanctioned oil tanker just off the country’s coastline, denouncing the operation as a direct strike against its sovereignty. According to Fox News …
Venezuela erupted in anger Wednesday after U.S. authorities seized a sanctioned oil tanker just off the country’s coastline, denouncing the operation as a direct strike against its sovereignty.
According to Fox News, officials in Caracas issued a fiery statement accusing Washington of orchestrating an “act of international piracy.”
“The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela strongly denounces and repudiates what constitutes blatant theft and an act of international piracy,” the government declared. The communiqué, published by the state-run outlet Correo del Orinoco, accused the United States of targeting the country’s natural resources under the guise of enforcement.
The U.S. presented a far different account.
Attorney General Pam Bondiannounced that federal agents—working alongside the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Coast Guard, and with support from the Department of War—had executed a seizure warrant against a crude tanker allegedly used to move sanctioned oil from both Venezuela