{"id":203275,"date":"2026-01-07T10:47:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T10:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=203275"},"modified":"2026-01-07T10:47:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T10:47:47","slug":"us-intercepts-second-merchant-vessel-off-coast-of-venezuela-in-international-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=203275","title":{"rendered":"US intercepts second merchant vessel off coast of Venezuela in international waters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vessel does not appear to be on list of US-sanctioned vessels, which would represent escalation in blockadeUS forces on Saturday apprehended a second merchant vessel carrying oil off the coast of Venezuela in international waters in the midst of an American blockade against the country\u2019s oil&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/dec\/20\/us-second-merchant-vessel-venezuela\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vessel does not appear to be on list of US-sanctioned vessels, which would represent escalation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":203276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-americas"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/203275-us-intercepts-second-merchant-vessel-off-coast-of-venezuela-in-international-waters.jpg",140,112,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/203275-us-intercepts-second-merchant-vessel-off-coast-of-venezuela-in-international-waters.jpg",140,112,false],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/203275-us-intercepts-second-merchant-vessel-off-coast-of-venezuela-in-international-waters.jpg",140,112,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/203275-us-intercepts-second-merchant-vessel-off-coast-of-venezuela-in-international-waters.jpg",140,112,false],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/203275-us-intercepts-second-merchant-vessel-off-coast-of-venezuela-in-international-waters.jpg",140,112,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/203275-us-intercepts-second-merchant-vessel-off-coast-of-venezuela-in-international-waters.jpg",140,112,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/203275-us-intercepts-second-merchant-vessel-off-coast-of-venezuela-in-international-waters.jpg",140,112,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/203275-us-intercepts-second-merchant-vessel-off-coast-of-venezuela-in-international-waters.jpg",140,112,false],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/203275-us-intercepts-second-merchant-vessel-off-coast-of-venezuela-in-international-waters.jpg",140,112,false],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/203275-us-intercepts-second-merchant-vessel-off-coast-of-venezuela-in-international-waters.jpg",140,112,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=41\" rel=\"category\">Americas<\/a>","tag_info":"Americas","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=203275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/203276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=203275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=203275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=203275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}