00:00The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control announced on Thursday that it is targeting what it calls Nicolas Maduro's illegitimate regime in Venezuela just one day after the U.S. seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.
00:16The statement quoted U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as having said these new sanctions undo the Biden administration's failed attempt to make a deal with Mr. Maduro.
00:27The Office of Foreign Assets Control recently granted Trinidad and Tobago six months to begin discussions toward developing its cross-border hydrocarbons following a meeting between Prime Minister Kamala Passat-Bessessa and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington, D.C.
00:46In October, the State Department said that the Secretary of State outlined U.S. support for the government of Trinidad and Tobago's drag and gas proposal and steps to ensure it will not provide significant benefit to the Maduro regime.
01:00On Thursday, the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control announced that it is sanctioning three nephews of President Maduro's wife as well as a Maduro-affiliated businessman and six shipping companies operating in Venezuela's oil sector.
01:17Additionally, that U.S. office is identifying six associated vessels that have engaged in deceptive and unsafe shipping practices and continue to provide financial resources that fuel what the U.S. claims is the Venezuelan president's corrupt narco-terrorist regime.
01:37Following an announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bundy posted on X that the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, and the United States Coast Guard, with the support of the Department of War, executed a seizure warrant for a crude oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela used to transport sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran.
02:01President Maduro's government has claimed the recent massive buildup of U.S. military forces in the Caribbean is about regime change in oil-rich Venezuela.
02:11The U.S. has said it is targeting drug cartels.
02:14Venezuela's Vice President, Delce Rodriguez, said on Facebook on Wednesday that the real goal of America is Venezuela's oil, stealing and appropriating it illegally without paying anything.
02:26Vice President Rodriguez also described the seizure of the oil tanker by U.S. forces as an international illegal action which carries liability, as she added that, quote, Venezuela will go to all international institutions to report this vulgar robbery, end quote.
02:43Guyana's Ministry of Public Utilities and Aviation said the U.S. government informed the Guyana Maritime Administration Department, or MORAD, that they had encountered the motor tanker skipper in international waters.
02:57Guyana said the tanker was falsely flying the Guyana flag as it is not registered in Guyana.
03:03Prime Minister Passat-Besessa has said that the new radar system installed by the U.S. military in Tobago assists with the detection of Venezuelan crude oil-sanctioned busting activities and traffickers.
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