"Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado arrived at the White House Thursday for a closed-door lunch with US President Donald Trump, with her visit coming as US continues its crackdown on Venezuela-linked oil tankers. The pre-dawn raid on the tanker Veronica took place "without incident" the US military said in a statement, adding the vessel was "operating in defiance" of US President Donald Trump's "established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean.""
"Six Venezuelan-linked oil tankers have been seized by US forces since mid-December, with four of the operations taking place after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was snatched from Caracas and brought to New York in a US military raid on January 3. Maduro's deputy Delcy Rodriguez quickly took over as interim president, and the Trump administraiton has signalled Rodriguez is ready to play ball with US plans to take control of production, refining and global distribution of Venezuelan oil."
Maria Corina Machado arrived at the White House for a closed-door lunch with President Donald Trump while the US increases enforcement against Venezuela-linked oil tankers. US Southern Command reported a pre-dawn seizure of the tanker Veronica, saying the raid occurred "without incident" and that the vessel was "operating in defiance" of an established quarantine. Six Venezuelan-linked tankers have been seized since mid-December, four after Nicolas Maduro was taken from Caracas to New York in a US military raid on January 3. Delcy Rodriguez assumed the interim presidency, and the Trump administration indicated Rodriguez may cooperate with US plans to control Venezuelan oil production, refining and distribution. Machado, a Nobel laureate who claims Maduro stole the 2024 election, sought to avoid offending Trump and offered to share her prize, which the Nobel Institute says is not allowed.
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