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Major escalation between the U.S. and Venezuela after U.S. seizes oil tanker

Name: Major escalation between the U.S. and Venezuela after U.S. seizes oil tanker
Uploaded: 2025-12-11T07:01:00-0500
Duration: 5 min 28 s
Description: President Trump announced the U.S. seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, which the Nicolás Maduro regime blasted as "an act of international piracy." CBS News' Natalie Brand reports, and Will Freeman, a fellow for Latin America studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins CBS News with more.

President Trump announced the U.S. seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, which the Nicolás Maduro regime blasted as "an act of international piracy." CBS News' Natalie Brand reports, and Will Freeman, a fellow for Latin America studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins CBS News with more.