Business & Economics
U.S. Seizes Tanker 'Skipper' and Floods Caribbean With Forces in Escalation Against Maduro
Between 10–13 Dec 2025 Washington boarded and diverted a Venezuelan crude tanker, froze assets of six shippers and Maduro’s in-laws, and rushed additional warships and F-35s into the Caribbean, turning a sanctions campaign into an overt military standoff.