U.S. seizes 5th oil tanker, sends team to assess embassy reopening in Venezuela
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. military seized the fifth oil tanker allegedly linked to Venezuela early Friday morning as a team of U.S. diplomats and security personnel arrived in Caracas, the capital of the oil-rich South American country.
The U.S. team will assess the possibility of reopening the U.S. embassy in Venezuela, according to a U.S. official, after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and hi