The US military and Coast Guard seized a large oil tanker off Venezuela's coast, which it said was carrying sanctioned oil. The United States has recently increased its military presence in the Caribbean, targeting alleged drug-trafficking boats. It has so far destroyed over 20 vessels and killed 87 people. Venezuelan authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro condemned US actions as interventionism and regime-change plans, while Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado faced harsh criticism from Maduro.