Venezuela denounces the US for “extortion” at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.

A US boat strike kills another individual in the Pacific, as Washington escalates pressure on Venezuela.

Venezuela has called for an "immediate cessation" of US military deployments in the Caribbean.

China says the US arbitrary seizure of other countries’ vessels is a serious violation of international law.

The US intensified its aggressive harassment of Venezuelan shipping on Sunday by pursuing yet another tanker, escalating Washington's siege on Venezuela's critical oil industry amid unproven accusations.

The Venezuelan government categorically denounces the United States’ “theft and hijacking” of a second oil tanker off the country’s coast, vowing to pursue legal avenues against Washington, including filing a complaint with the UN.

US forces stop another oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, marking the second such operation in less than two weeks.