US preparing to seize more tankers off Venezuela’s coast

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00:00The U.S. seizing a ship transporting Venezuelan oil is just the opening gambit in a new geopolitical

00:07chess match, according to sources familiar with the strategy. This week's seizure is the first

00:12such move on a tanker from Venezuela, which had been under U.S. sanctions since 2019.

00:18President Nicolas Maduro's government said apprehending the tanker constituted a, quote,

00:23theft. White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt was asked about the situation yesterday.

00:27We're not going to stand by and watch sanctioned vessels sail the seas with black market oil,

00:32the proceeds of which will fuel narco-terrorism of rogue and illegitimate regimes around the world.

00:37Post reporters spoke to multiple sources who say the plan to seize tankers has been in the works for

00:42months, and the U.S. has a target list of several other ships that could suffer the same fate.

00:48Oil exports are the main generator of revenue for Maduro's government.