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Opposition leader Machado says she will return to Venezuela in the coming weeks

By Associated Press

These refugees were already admitted to the U.S. The Trump administration is detaining and questioning them anyway

Overturning years of precedent, immigration authorities have arrested or questioned dozens of refugees in Minnesota, attorneys and advocates say, with more detentions likely to come nationwide.

By Gisela Salomon, Jack Brook, Sarah Raza, Associated Press

Satellite image shows VLCC ship Skipper, believed to have been seized off the coast of Venzeuela

US moves to claim tanker and 2M barrels of seized Venezuelan oil

It's the first complaint filed by the U.S. to start the legal process to formally take control of one of at least 10 oil tankers intercepted by American authorities since late last year.

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Rubio travels to CARICOM meeting in Saint Kitts and Nevis

Rubio defends U.S. ouster of Venezuela's Maduro to Caribbean leaders

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio brushed aside concerns about the legality of Maduro’s capture last month that have been raised among Venezuela’s island-state neighbors and others.

By Matthew Lee, Dánica Coto, Associated Press

U.S. forces board the vessel Veronica III

U.S. military boards third sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean

The Treasury Department's website states the Bertha is under U.S. sanctions related to Iran.

By Ben Finley, Associated Press

Rubio visiting Caribbean to reassert Trump's interests after Venezuela strikes and Iran threats

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is traveling to the Caribbean country of St. Kitts and Nevis this week to reassert the Trump administration’s interests in the Western Hemisphere.

Venezuela approves amnesty bill, paving way for release of hundreds of political detainees

By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press

Venezuela’s legislature on Thursday approved an amnesty bill that could lead to the release of politicians, activists, lawyers and many others, effectively acknowledging that the government has held hundreds of people in prison for political motivations.

U.S. military boards sanctioned oil tanker after pursuit from Caribbean to Indian Ocean

By Ben Finley, Michael Biesecker, Konstantin Toropin, Associated Press

Following the U.S. raid to apprehend then-President Nicolás Maduro in early January, several sanctioned tankers fled the Venezuelan coast, including the ship that was boarded in the Indian Ocean overnight.