The United States has started a big plan. They stop oil ships. This is for ships going to or from Venezuela. President Trump said oil ships must stop. This makes things tense in South America.
The US also took a Venezuelan oil ship. It had oil. Venezuela said this was theft.
The US wants to make Venezuela's government weaker. They say Venezuela does bad things. President Trump said Venezuela took American money. They use oil money for bad things too. The US sent many ships and soldiers. US ships stopped boats near Venezuela.
The US took a ship with oil. It went to Texas. This happened before the ships stopped. It shows the US wants to stop Venezuela's oil. Oil is Venezuela's main money.
Venezuela does not like this. They say it is not smart. They say it is a threat.
This will hurt Venezuela's money. Some people in the US are not happy. One man said it is like war. He fears a bigger fight. We will see what happens next.