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US seizes second oil tanker - Venezuela tensions escalate

An elite US interdiction force seized a second oil tanker linked to Venezuelan crude, intensifying a high stakes campaign to choke sanctioned oil flows and drawing international rebukes that risk wider geopolitical escalation

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3.7 million barrels - Approximate Venezuelan crude controlled by US interdictions this month

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"We're gonna keep it" — President Donald Trump

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