US forces stop oil tanker off Venezuela coast as Trump ramps up pressure

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44% : Compensation offered by Venezuela was deemed insufficient, and in 2014, an international arbitration panel ordered the country's socialist government to pay USD1.6 billion to ExxonMobil.
34% : Venezuela's government in a statement Saturday characterized the US forces' actions as criminal and vowed to not let them go unpunished by pursuing various legal avenues, including by filing complaints with the United Nations Security Council.

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