Business & Economics
US Coast Guard Seizes Second Venezuela-Linked Tanker After Trump’s ‘Total Blockade’ Order
On 20 Dec 2025, U.S. Coast Guard commandos—backed by Navy helicopters—boarded and took control of a second vessel in international waters off Venezuela, the first enforcement action since President Trump’s 16 Dec decree imposing a “total and complete blockade” on all sanctioned oil tankers to and from Venezuela.