Venezuela accuses US of ‘extortion’ over seizure of oil tankers

Venezuela has accused the United States of the “greatest extortion” at an emergency session of the UN Security Council in New York. Washington’s seizure of two Venezuelan oil tankers was “worse than piracy,” the Venezuelan ambassador to the UN said. The emergency meeting of the Security Council was called to discuss the seizure of the [...] The post Venezuela accuses US of ‘extortion’ over seizure of oil tankers appeared first on Kahawatungu .