Venezuelans march against 'Yankee Piracy' after oil tanker seizure

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Hundreds of government supporters protested on Saturday (Dec 13) in Caracas against the US seizure of an oil tanker in Caribbean waters, an act the government described as "piracy."  The protest, which was replicated in different cities under the motto "Great National Protests against Yankee Piracy," brought together residents and officials in the La Vega neighbourhood, including the mayor of Caracas, who accused the US government of seeking to take over Venezuela's resources.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Hundreds of government supporters protested in Caracas on Saturday against the U.S. seizure

00:07of an oil tanker in Caribbean waters, which the government called piracy.

00:12The protest brought together residents and officials, including Caracas Mayor, who accused

00:18the U.S. of trying to seize Venezuela's resources.

00:30We are in agreement with their policy of the saqueo of the wealth of our nation.

00:35They want our resources, they want to be able to seize Venezuela, but we are going to leave them.

00:45We are not going to leave them here.

00:49We are ready to defend our country and every day we prepare more.

00:57The U.S. seized the M.T. skipper off Venezuela's coast on Wednesday, just before a judge-signed

01:12warrant expired.

01:14The warrant, signed by U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqi on November 26, allowed the Trump

01:20administration to seize the vessel by the seized date.

01:23It is the first seizure of a Venezuelan oil cargo under U.S. sanctions in force since

01:282019.

01:30The U.S. said the vessel was used to transport sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran.

01:36Venezuela's Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López denounced the seizure as an act of piracy.

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