Trump moves to choke Venezuelan oil shipping with ‘total and complete’ tanker blockade

In a major escalation of maritime pressure on Caracas, US president Donald Trump has ordered “a total and complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers going into, and out of, Venezuela,” intensifying efforts to squeeze president Nicolás Maduro’s lifeline crude exports. The dramatic declaration, posted on social media and backed by a growing US naval …

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