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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close December 8 – December 15, 2025 2357 stories · Vol. 25 · Catalogue 51 · Issue 349 Get it by email ↓
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Where do tensions stand between the U.S., Venezuela?

The Trump administration seized an Venezuela oil tanker, leaving the Maduro regime with few retaliation options that wouldn't harm its own cash-starved government.

FOX · 4 sources

Also covering this CBSWhere do tensions stand between the U.S., Venezuela? NYTU.S. Issues New Sanctions Targeting Maduro’s Family and the Oil Sector ABCTrump says the US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela
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