Sixteen oil tankers flee Venezuela in coordinated run past US blockade

At least 16 oil tankers fled Venezuelan ports this weekend in a coordinated attempt to overwhelm the U.S. naval blockade, according to the New York Times. The vessels — 15 of which were already under sanctions — scattered in different directions, some transmitting false names and position data or going dark by switching off their tracking systems entirely. — Read the rest

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