The United States intercepted an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in international waters, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed Saturday, a move that comes just days after U.S. ⁣ ⁣ President Donald Trump announced a "blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela.⁣ ⁣ British maritime risk management company Vanguard said the vessel was believed to be the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted east of Barbados in the Caribbean Sea.⁣ ⁣ Noem confirmed the Coast Guard intercepted a tanker that was last docked in Venezuela.⁣ ⁣ The Venezuelan government called the tanker interception a "serious act of international piracy."⁣ ⁣ #US #Venezuela #Tensions #Blockade #Trump #Maduro