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October 21, 2020

Venezuelan Tanker Idled by U.S. Sanctions Puts Caribbean at Risk of Massive Oil Spill
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In the Caribbean, environmentalists are warning of a looming oil
disaster as a stricken tanker threatens to unleash a spill that could
rival the 1989 Exxon Valdez catastrophe. Images of the ship show it
listing drastically to starboard as it continues to take on water not
far from Trinidad and Tobago. The Venezuelan-flagged tanker has 80
million gallons of oil on board. The ship has been idled in the Gulf of
Paria since the Trump administration imposed an embargo on Venezuela's
petroleum industry in January.


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