Move against all sanctioned vessels comes amid escalating campaign against authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro
Donald Trump has ordered “a total and complete” blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro.
The move comes amid an escalating campaign by the Trump administration against Maduro that has included a ramped-up military presence in the region and more than two dozen military strikes on vessels in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea near Venezuela, which have killed dozens of people.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/16/trump-orders-blockade-oil-tankers-venezuela
Author : Coral Murphy Marcos and agencies
Publish date : 2025-12-17 00:57:00
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