US pursuit of third oil tanker intensifies Venezuela blockade

By Maya Averbuch, Eric Martin and Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Bloomberg News

The U.S. has pursued a third oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, intensifying a blockade that the Trump administration hopes will cut off a vital economic lifeline for the country and isolate the government of President Nicolás Maduro.

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