The U.S. Coast Guard has intercepted and boarded a second tanker transporting Venezuelan oil, following Donald Trump’s announcement on Tuesday that he was ordering a “blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers getting into and leaving Venezuela. Nevertheless, a number of studies point out that the vessel was not on the U.S. sanctions checklist, elevating issues that this transfer indicators a tightening or escalation of enforcement. Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem shared a seven-minute video of the operation, displaying U.S. helicopters touchdown on the deck of the Panamanian-flagged ship, which—like a tanker seized earlier this month—was reportedly sure for Asia. Simon Moritz studies.
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