The U.S. continues to put escalating pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro after operators seized the VLCC Skipper off the Venezuelan coast—one of the largest tanker seizures ever conducted. U.S. officials say the ship covertly loaded more than a million barrels of sanctioned Venezuelan crude linked to Iranian trade before attempting transfers near Curaçao and Cuba...there are also reports it may have had covert electronic countermeasures on board. The tanker is now being taken to a U.S. port, where its oil will be processed through a formal legal seizure. . This action comes amid a major U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean, part of a wider campaign that has included more than 20 strikes on suspected drug-running vessels since September. U.S. agencies, backed by the Department of War, FBI, Homeland Security, and Coast Guard, executed the seizure warrant—while Venezuela accused Washington of “blatant theft” and vowed to challenge the operation internationally. . Despite the...