By Daphne Psaledakis and Marianna Parraga WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday issued new sanctions targeting Venezuela, imposing curbs on three nephews of President Nicolas Maduro's wife,

Venezuela’s foreign affairs minister denounced the seizure, calling it a “blatant theft” and “an act of international piracy.”

What would a post-Maduro Venezuela look like on Day One?

Vladimir Putin calls Nicolás Maduro to pledge Russian support as U.S. pressure on Venezuela intensifies following massive oil tanker seizure and Caribbean military buildup.

Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado, in a tacit endorsement of US pressure on President Nicolás Maduro, has called on the world to cut the flow of money from drugs, arms and human trafficking that she claimed were propping up the country’s authoritarian regime.

The U.S. seizes an oil tanker off Venezuela's coast as the Trump administration continues to escalate military activity in the region.

Retired fighter pilot Matthew “Whiz” Buckley joins ABC News to explain the US tanker seizure in Venezuela and what regional flight patterns could signal about America’s strategy.