Trump orders complete blockade of Venezuelan oil tankers, calling nation's assets "stolen" as U.S. naval forces surround the country in escalating tensions.

With the economy in ruins, and U.S. military forces off the coast, uncertainty and rumors mark life in Venezuela, dampening the yuletide mood.

Venezuela's Maduro vows to 'smash teeth' of U.S. empire as America seizes oil tanker off Venezuelan coast, escalating diplomatic crisis between nations.

The president assembles a fleet of warships off the shores of an oil rich country run by a brutal dictator. He orders hundreds of air strikes against the dictator’s assets, which forces him from

Now, President Donald Trump wants Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro out of power. Maduro’s “days are numbered,” Trump told Politico in an interview released on Dec. 9. His Administration considers Maduro the head of a government-sponsored cocaine smuggling syndicate.

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