Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 4:01 PM
U.S. forces seized a sixth oil tanker, the Motor/Tanker Veronica, as part of a quarantine on sanctioned oil tankers near Venezuela, demonstrating the effectiveness of Operation Southern Spear.
Only U.S.-bound tankers of crude have left the oil-exporting country since the arrest of Nicolás Maduro, a new report says.
Pro-government forces seize a military base, oil facilities and a dam on the Euphrates river before reaching a truce with the Kurdish-led militia.
President Trump is urging oil companies to dive back into Latin America, but for ConocoPhillips, “the bar’s likely higher.”
President Trump has established a partnership with Maduro’s former vice president, who scraped her way to the top with a mix of guile and pragmatism.
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