“Piracy” in the Caribbean?

加勒比海地区的“海盗行为”?

World Business Report

2025-12-12

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Gideon Long speaks to a former Venezuelan diplomat about the US seizure of an oil tanker off the country's coastline. Where was it going and what could it mean for global oil supplies? Plus, the typhoon survivors from the Philippines taking oil giant Shell to court. And how does the World Cup ticket ballot actually work?
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  • Piracy in the Caribbean.

  • That's how Venezuela is describing the US seizure of an oil tanker off its coast.

  • It's World Business Express from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Gideon Long.

  • Plus, survivors of a typhoon in the Philippines take the oil giant Shell to court,

  • saying it's partly to blame.

  • And how does the World Cup ticket ballot actually work?

  • Let's start in the Caribbean, where the US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.

  • A video released by the White House showed special forces swooping down onto the deck of a ship from a helicopter.

  • Venezuela's Interior Minister, Dostado Cabello, described the action as piracy.

  • What they want is to steal our oil, to steal our gold,

  • they want to steal our gas, they want to steal our water because they don't want to pay.

  • And why don't they pay for it?

  • Because they're thieves.