Piracy

Hormuz Strait Back To Previous State Amid US Blockade

April 18, 2026 Al Mayadeen English. Educate! Iran, Piracy, Shipping, Strait of Hormuz, Trump Administration

Iran’s military announced that the Strait of Hormuz has returned to its previous operational status, placing it under “strict management and control” by the country’s armed forces, following repeated violations of prior understandings by the United States. In a statement, the spokesperson of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said Iran had earlier agreed, in good faith and within the framework of negotiations, to allow the managed passage of a limited number of oil tankers and commercial vessels through the strategic waterway.

Venezuela Initiates Diplomatic Talks With Washington; Piracy Continues

January 10, 2026 Orinoco Tribune. Resist! Blockade, Foreign Relations, Piracy, Venezuela

On Friday, Venezuela announced that it has begun “an exploratory diplomatic process” with the United States to resume bilateral relations, according to a statement released by Foreign Minister Yván Gil. “Venezuela has decided to initiate an exploratory diplomatic process with the US government, aimed at re-establishing diplomatic missions in both countries,” the statement read. To this end, a delegation of diplomatic officials from the US State Department arrived in Caracas on Friday to conduct technical and logistical assessments related to the resumption of diplomatic operations.

Venezuela: UN Report Demonstrates Illegality Of US Blockade

December 28, 2025 Orinoco Tribune. Resist! Piracy, United Nations (UN), US Blockade, US Imperialism, US military, Venezuela

The Venezuelan government stated that the recent report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) constitutes a resounding legal and political condemnation of the armed blockade imposed by the United States. The report demonstrates that this policy gravely violates international law and the Charter of the United Nations. On Wednesday, December 24, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil highlighted that the statement by independent UN experts confirms what Venezuela has been stating for years: that Washington is carrying out a colonial-style strategy of threats, force, and plunder against the nation.

VP Delcy RodrÍguez: US Must Pay Reparations For Stealing CITGO

December 21, 2025 TeleSur, Orinoco Tribune. Resist! CITGO, Delcy Rodriguez, Donald Trump, Latin America, Nicolas Maduro, PDVSA, Piracy, United States, US Blockade, US Imperialism, Venezuela, Wars and Militarism

At a massive rally in front of Venezuela’s national oil company PDVSA headquarters in La Campiña, Caracas, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez condemned the ongoing US aggressions against the country. In her speech on Friday, December 19, Rodríguez, who is also the minister of hydrocarbons, emphasized that Venezuela has a firm stance of dignity and resistance. She underscored that the country has no outstanding debts with the Trump administration. Rather, Washington owes the Venezuelan people compensation for stealing Venezuelan state assets.

President Maduro Calls US Seizure Of Oil Tanker Act Of Piracy

December 13, 2025 Orinoco Tribune. Educate! China, Disappearances, Iran, Nicolas Maduro, Oil, Piracy, US Imperialism, Venezuela

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro described the detention of an oil tanker seized by US military personnel in the Caribbean Sea on Wednesday as an act of piracy. On Thursday night, he reported that the crew was abducted and is missing, a circumstance referred to in human rights terms as a forced disappearance. “Yesterday, they committed an absolutely criminal and illegal act when they carried out a military assault, kidnapping, and robbery—like pirates of the Caribbean—of a merchant, commercial, civilian, private vessel. A vessel of peace, which was attacked as it was about to enter the Atlantic, not off the coast of Venezuela.

Venezuela Charges Washington With ‘Theft, Piracy’

December 11, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. Resist! Iran, Piracy, US Intervention, Venezuela

Venezuela has accused the US government of “blatant theft” and “piracy,” following Washington’s seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker off the Latin American country’s coast on 10 December. The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry strongly condemned what it said was a “blatant theft and an act of international piracy, publicly announced by the President of the US, who confessed to the assault on an oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea.” “Already in his 2024 campaign, [US President Donald Trump] openly stated that his objective has always been to keep Venezuelan oil without paying any consideration in return, making it clear that the policy of aggression against our country responds to a deliberate plan to plunder our energy wealth,” the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry added.

UAE, Oman And UK Tell Court US Seized Their Oil

September 5, 2020 By Haik Gugarats, Argus Media. Educate! Iran, Oil, Piracy, US Sanctions

Shippers based in the UAE, Oman and the UK told a US court today they hold title to the cargoes seized by the US aboard four tankers that allegedly were transporting petroleum products from Iran to Venezuela. The US Justice Department on 14 August said it took custody of 1.16mn bl of Iranian product aboard four Greek-owned, Liberia-flagged tankers — the Bella, the Bering, the Luna and the Pandi. The vessels were carrying cargoes — interchangeably described by US attorneys as gasoil, gasoline and refined oil — from Iran to Venezuela, the US said. The three companies said they had the right to "title, possession and control" of the cargoes. Today's filing adds a new twist to what the Justice Department described as the first seizure of Iranian cargoes by the US since the re-imposition of sanctions in 2018 banning Iran's exports of crude and products.

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