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Lawmakers attend an extraordinary session to discuss a bill opposing measures by US President Donald Trump that restrict sanctioned oil tankers from entering and leaving Venezuela, in Caracas, Venezuela, December 22, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria

Venezuela passes law against piracy, blockades amid US oil ship seizures

The law, which includes "other international crimes", comes after recent US actions against Venezuelan oil shipments

A detail view of the US Coast Guard Cutter Valiant in Miami Beach, Florida, US March 6, 2025. Phtoo: REUTERS/Marco Bello

US eyes additional Coast Guard assets to seize fleeing tanker: Sources

A combination image shows two screen captures from a video posted on the X account of The White House on September 15, 2025, depicting what US President Donald Trump said was a US military strike on a Venezuelan drug cartel vessel that had been on its way to the United States, the second such strike carried out against a suspected drug boat in recent weeks. Photo: The White House/Handout via REUTERS

US conducts another strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat in eastern Pacific

An oil tanker sails on Lake Maracaibo, in Cabimas, Venezuela October 14, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Issac Urrutia

Oil loading in Venezuela slows, more ships make U-turns after new US interceptions

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures, as he joins his supporters during a march to commemorate the Battle of Santa Ines, in Caracas, Venezuela, 10 December, 2025. File Photo: REUTERS

Trump says it would be 'smart' for Venezuela's Maduro to leave power

US military personnel conduct an apron inspection near US Marine Corps F-35B fighter jets at the former Roosevelt Roads naval base in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, December 19, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo

US pursuing third oil tanker near Venezuela: Officials

US military personnel conduct an apron inspection near US Marine Corps F-35B fighter jets at the former Roosevelt Roads naval base in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, December 19, 2025. Photo: Reuetrs

US pursuing third oil tanker near Venezuela, officials say

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva looks on before posing for a family photo with ministers during a ministerial meeting at Granja do Torto official residence, in Brasilia, Brazil, December 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Brazil's Lula warns US intervention in Venezuela could be catastrophic

A US military helicopter flies near an oil tanker during a raid described by US Attorney General Pam Bondi as its seizure by the United States off the coast of Venezuela, December 10, 2025, in a still image from video. Photo: US Attorney General/Handout via REUTERS

US intercepts oil tanker off Venezuelan coast: Officials

US President Donald Trump addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, US, April 14, 2020/Reuters

Trump does not rule out war with Venezuela

US and Venezuelan flags appear in this illustration taken December 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Venezuela requests UN Security Council meet over 'ongoing US aggression'

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives for a classified briefing for all members of the US House of Representatives on the situation in Venezuela, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, December 16, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

US will not release full Venezuela boat strike video: Hegseth

An oil tanker sails on Lake Maracaibo, in Cabimas, Venezuela October 14, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Issac Urrutia

Trump orders 'blockade' of sanctioned oil tankers leaving, entering Venezuela