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Martina Navratilova Urges ICC Sanctions on U.S. Firms Over Venezuela Oil Plan

Her comments respond to Trump's plan for U.S. firms to rebuild Venezuela's oil sector with oil taken as compensation.

Overview

  • On X, Navratilova endorsed a call for the International Criminal Court to sanction any American oil company that expropriates Venezuelan crude.
  • She later accused the United States of "holding a country hostage" and "pillaging its natural resources," adding that the next target could be Greenland or Nigeria.
  • Her posts followed Trump's remarks that U.S. energy companies would return to repair Venezuela's oil infrastructure and take some oil as compensation for prior asset seizures.
  • The debate comes days after a U.S. operation captured Nicolás Maduro, who is now in U.S. custody facing narco-terrorism and weapons conspiracy charges in the Southern District of New York.
  • Online reaction to Navratilova's stance was mixed, as she also labeled Trump "absolutely insane" and a "serial criminal" in further posts about the intervention.