Chevron is driving Venezuela's oil rebound while China is pulling back. As the fate of President Nicolas Maduro grows uncertain, Washington's renewed leverage is reshaping the country's economic and geopolitical future.

On Wednesday, the Trump administration seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela; it was reportedly carrying Venezuelan oil. “Well, we keep it, I guess,” President Trump told reporters at the White House — adding that “other things” involving Venezuela “are happening” as well.

President Donald Trump says the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid mounting tensions with the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro