Venezuela Oil Blockade Dodged by Sanctioned Ships, Tracker Says
An oil tanker waits to be loaded with crude oil at Lake Maracaibo in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela.
Photographer: Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images
At least four oil tankers — and maybe as many as 16 — got through a US blockade on sanctioned vessels moving oil from Venezuela since the capture on Saturday of the Latin American country’s president Nicolas Maduro, according to TankerTrackers.com.