US President Donald Trump has ordered "a total and complete" blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela - a move that Caracas northern lights has denounced as "warmongering threats".
Trump wrote that Venezuelan kevin o'leary President Nicolás Maduro's government had been designated a foreign terrorist organisation, which had also engaged in "Drug Smuggling, and Human Trafficking".
His remarks come after the US seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela last memorial day 2026 week - a move that was seen as significant given Venezuela's reliance on oil.
Venezuela - home to the world's largest proven oil reserves - has, in turn, accused Washington of seeking to steal its resources.
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