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Trump announces naval blockade of "sanctioned oil tankers" arriving in or leaving Venezuela

Donald Trump ordered on December 16, 2025, a blockade of sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela, days after the US seized a tanker off the Venezuelan coast. Trump said the naval deployment will keep growing; the Maduro government called the measure "irrational".

Originally published by Diario Las Américas ·

Written by Staff, Diario Las Américas

Republished by Roger Quiroz ·

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A U.S. Coast Guard crew member watches an oil tanker through binoculars from a cutter at sea.
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