US EditionTrump orders blockade of sanctioned oil tankers leaving, entering Venezuela
Trump declared Venezuela's regime a foreign terrorist organization and ordered a total blockade of sanctioned oil tankers to cut funding for drug trafficking and criminal activities.
- On Dec 16, President Donald Trump ordered a total blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, calling the regime a `FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION` on Truth Social.
- As part of a pressure campaign, the order follows a U.S. seizure of a sanctioned oil tanker last week after a regional military buildup.
- Hundreds of U.S. troops and ships have been positioned near Venezuela, supporting the blockade posture while strikes on vessels in international waters in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific have killed at least 95 people in 25 known strikes.
- The Trump administration said the campaign stops drugs bound for U.S. shores, while Susie Wiles, Trump chief of staff, said Trump `wants to keep on blowing boats up until Maduro cries uncle.`
- Trump warned that Venezuela is surrounded by what he called the largest Armada, while Maduro denounced the actions as imperialist moves to seize the country's oil, gas and minerals.
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Donald Trump announced a "total block" of oil tankers under sanctions linked to Venezuela. A "grotesque" threat according to Nicolas Maduro. ...
US President Donald Trump has ordered the blockade of all tankers in Venezuela that are under sanctions, increasing pressure on President Nicolas Maduro after the US Coast Guard seized one of the tankers last week, US media reported.
President Donald Trump said on March that he ordered a "total and complete blockade" against the sanctified oil coming or leaving Venezuela, boosting pressure on the regime of leader Nicolas Maduro and suggesting an economic motivation for the US Army campaign in the region, writes News.ro.
Maduro's regime is completely surrounded.
Trump calls back Venezuelan oil and tightens the pressure with blockade and military presence.
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Ekstra BladetThe US president is escalating the conflict with Venezuela: He ordered a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers, demanded the return of "oil and land" and described the government as a terrorist organization.
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