Venezuela

• The oil blockade threat creates anxiety in Venezuela but people stick to their daily lives - U.S. President Donald Trump is threating to blockade sanctioned oil tankers from Venezuela, a move that could devastate a country already wrangling with years of spiraling crisis. Seasoned by years of political, social and economic challen
• Trump Revised Chevron’s Venezuela Deal. Maduro’s Oil Trader Profited. - A firm controlled by a businessman sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury for ties to President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has sold millions of barrels from a Chevron-operated oil field.
• Colombia says ELN rebels killed 2 police officers as they protest US military build up - Colombian police said Tuesday that two officers were killed in the southwestern city of Cali in an attack by the National Liberation Army, a rebel group that stepped up attacks against the government this week. The National Liberation Army
• Venezuela's PDVSA suffers cyberattack as tankers make u-turns - Dec 15 (Reuters) - Venezuela's PDVSA was subject to a cyberattack that it blamed on the United States, the state-run oil company said on Monday, adding that its operations were unaffected even though
• Trinidad and Tobago to open its airports to US military as tensions with Venezuela escalate - PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — The government of Trinidad and Tobago said Monday that it would allow the U.S. military access to its airports in coming weeks as tensions build between the United States and Venezuela. The announcement comes
• Ample oil supply shields China from impact of Venezuela disruption, for now - SINGAPORE, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The volume of Venezuelan oil already headed to China before the U. seized a Venezuelan tanker last week, plus a glut of crude in storage and weak demand, will limit ​the near-term impact of the move in the Chin
• U.S. Military Plane and JetBlue Flight Nearly Collided Over Caribbean, Radio Traffic Shows - The Air Force refueling tanker was flying without its location transponder activated and could not be detected by air traffic control.
• For Rubio the Cuba Hawk, the Road to Havana Runs Through Venezuela - President Trump’s secretary of state and national security adviser has long sought to cripple or topple Cuba’s government, which has close security and economic ties to Venezuela.
• Venezuela Oil Tanker Seized by U.S. Was Part of Effort to Finance Cuba - Firms with ties to Cuba are getting a larger share of Venezuelan oil exports, as the island’s security agents boost President Nicolás Maduro’s defenses.
• Behind the Venezuelan Opposition Leader’s Daring Escape to Oslo - An American firm with experience in special operations spirited María Corina Machado, the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, out of the country in a secretive land, sea and air operation.