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10 Photos of Anna Blanco: Venezuela Wins Miss Charm 2025

Venezuela's Anna Blanco claims the Miss Charm 2025 crown in Vietnam, solidifying her nation's pageant dominance. Read about her victory and the pageant's new age limit up to 35.

International Business Times UK

Tanker Seized Off Venezuelan Coast Already On Its Way To The U.S. After Trump Says He'll Keep The Oil

The large tanker seized by the U.S. off the coast of Venezuela earlier this week is already on its way to Houston, according to a new report.

Latin Times

Crude Oil Prices Slip on Dollar Strength and Oil Glut Concerns

January WTI crude oil (CLF26 ) today is down -0.32 (-0.56%), and January RBOB gasoline (RBF26 ) closed down -0.0118 (-0.67%). Crude oil and gasoline prices are falling today, with gasoline posting a 4.75-year nearest-futures low. Today's dollar strength is undercutting energy prices. Also, today's stock weakness has dampened optimism...

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Maria Corina Machado Reportedly Got Lost At Sea When Escaping Venezuela To Receive Nobel peace Prize

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado got lost at sea when escaping the country aboard a wooden boat to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, according to a new report.

Latin Times

‘Transition is irreversible’: María Corina Machado says not too late for Maduro’s peaceful handover

Nobel peace laureate says Maduro’s political downfall is inevitable after her fraught journey to freedom by boat

The Guardian - US

Trump 'Not Worried at All' by Maduro's Reported Phone Call With Putin, White House Says

President Donald Trump is not concerned about Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the White House said

Latin Times

Maduro Accuses U.S. of 'Kidnapping' Crew After Military Seizure of Oil Tanker by U.S.

Maduro also described the operation as a "military assault, kidnapping and robbery, like Caribbean pirates, against a private commercial vessel"

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First Thing: Indiana Republicans reject effort to redraw voting maps in rebuke to Trump

Measure to add two GOP-friendly seats failed 19-31 after 21 Republicans joined 10 Democrats. Plus, how the Paris climate treaty changed the world

The Guardian - UK

Machado escape planner feared US strike on her vessel as it fled Venezuela

Special forces veteran Bryan Stern says he told US defence officials some of his planned route to reduce airstrike risk

The Guardian - UK

U.S. snatches tanker off Venezuela — triggering Putin’s intervention, Iranian fury, and fears of an ugly escalation

A crucial opportunity to chip away at American authority.

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Nobel winner Machado snuck through 10 checkpoints in Venezuela in a wig to reach Norway in daring three-day journey

The exiled Venezuelan opposition leader crossed the Caribbean Sea in a fishing boat before being escorted to Norway in a US plane

The Independent UK

Trump accused of ‘imperialism’ after controversial action in Venezuela

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The Independent UK

Did Donald Trump order piracy on the high seas?

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Why is Trump going after Venezuela? His administration has so far floated these three reasons for its pressure campaign

Trump has claimed Maduro allowed ‘millions’ of Venezuelans into the U.S.

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Black-market oil buyers will push Venezuela for bigger discounts following US seizure – starving Maduro of much-needed revenue

The U.S. seizure of an oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast looks designed to further squeeze the economy of President Nicolás Maduro’s country.

Latin Times

U.S. Lawmakers Condemn Trump's Seizure of Venezuelan Oil Tanker: 'Sleepwalking Us Into a War'

Senior Democratic lawmakers — and at least one Republican — criticized President Donald Trump on after U.S. forces seized a Venezuelan oil tanker off the country's coast

The Independent UK

US seizure of rogue oil tanker off Venezuela signals new crackdown on shadow fleet

The recent seizure of an oil tanker known as Skipper by the U.S. off the coast of Venezuela marks a dramatic escalation of President Donald Trump’s campaign to choke off Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s access to oil revenues

Barchart

Crude Oil Prices Pressured on Signs of Abundant Global Supplies

January WTI crude oil (CLF26 ) on Thursday closed down -0.78 (-1.34%), and January RBOB gasoline (RBF26 ) closed down -0.0232 (-1.15%). Crude oil and gasoline retreated on Thursday, with crude posting a 7-week low and gasoline slumping to a 4.75-year nearest-futures low. Concerns about a global oil glut continue...

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The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: concern over online peptides market, the tobacco trap, Trump ‘sleepwalking to war’

Guardian Australia investigation reveals availability of experimental, injectable drugs; US Democrats sound alarm at Venezuela tanker seizure

Latin Times

Colombia's Foreign Minister Says Country Would Host Maduro Should He Cave To U.S. Pressure And Leave Power: 'We Have a Refugee Policy'

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Wednesday that "it is time" for a transitional government in Venezuela "with the inclusion of all" and called for a general amnesty

Latin Times

U.S. Reportedly Set To Seize More Tankers Off Venezuelan Coast And Has a Target List

The Trump administration is set to continue seizing oil tankers off the Venezuelan coast and has assembled a list of targets to carry out the policy, according to a new report.

The Guardian - US

Trump expands Venezuela sanctions as Maduro decries new ‘era of piracy’

Six more oil supertankers added to sanctions list, as well as members of Maduro’s extended family, amid rising tensions following tanker seizure

The Independent UK

Noem links the seizure of an oil tanker off Venezuela to US antidrug efforts

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has linked the seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela to the Trump administration's counterdrug efforts

Axios

Scoop: Trump sanctions Maduro's nephews, 6 ships carrying Venezuela oil

It's the latest turn in President Trump's pressure campaign on Maduro, whom the administration has accused of leading a narco-trafficking terrorist organization.

Latin Times

U.S. Special Forces Veteran Who Extracted Maria Corina Machado From Venezuela Says Choppy Seas Helped Operation: 'It Was Scary'

The U.S. special forces veteran who helped extract Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado from the country and get her to the plane that ultimately took her to Norway to accept the Nobel Peace Prize detailed how the operation unfolded.

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