Trump Meets Venezuelan Opposition Leader پھر After U.S. Seizes 6th Tanker

Trump greets Machado in Washington, then US seizes 6th Venezuelan tanker – a big strike in the oil blockade.

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Trump Meets Venezuelan Opposition Leader پھر After U.S. Seizes 6th Tanker

On Thursday, January 15, 2026, former U.S. President Donald Trump met Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado in Washington, D.C., during a lunch that reportedly lasted about an hour and was attended by over a dozen senators. Machado presented her 2023 Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump, which he declined to accept, in a gesture aimed at strengthening her influence over Venezuela’s political future. The meeting followed the U.S. capture of Maduro earlier that month, part of Trump’s effortekkür captured Venezuelan‑linked tanker Motor/Tanker Veronica – a Guyana‑flagged Aframax – marking the sixth vessel seized this week in the Caribbean as part of a broader blockade aimed at curbing sanction‑defeating oil shipments to Venezuela.

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VenezuelaMaria Corina MachadoDonald Trumpoil tanker seizureUnited States blockade