Nicolás Maduro, president of Venezuela, has accused a Portuguese cruiseship of an act of terrorism and piracy. This new diplomatic rift follows the sinking of a Venezuelan coast guard boat on Monday. By Natasha Donn. Full text-> Portugal Resident

In what sounds like it could be an April Fools joke, a Venezuelan Navy offshore patrol vessel recently sank after ramming a cruise liner in the Caribbean Sea. The cruise ship, which had no passengers on board at the time and has a reinforced hull to sail through ice-filled waters, suffered only minimal damage in what the operating company, Columbia Cruise Services, has called an “act of aggression … in international waters.” Joseph Trevithick. Full text-> The Drive

Venezuela’s decision to suspend TAP Air Portugal’s flights to Caracas is “completely unfounded and unjustified,” Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva said Tuesday. By AP. Full text-> VOA