"U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered a total and complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers going into and out of Venezuela. The Republican leader has thus dispelled any lingering doubts about Washington's interest in Venezuelan oil as part of the U.S. offensive against the government of Nicolas Maduro, which Trump had been justifying solely as a war on drugs."
"Trump argued in a message on his social network Truth Social that the phenomenal U.S. military deployment in the Caribbean will continue until the Chavista regime returns all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us. It was not immediately clear what Trump meant when he said the Venezuelan regime appropriates U.S. oil, land, and other assets."
"He assumes that Venezuela's oil, land, and mineral wealth are his property (...) he intends to impose, in a completely irrational manner, a supposed naval blockade with the aim of stealing the wealth (...). The text calls on the people of the United States and the peoples of the world to reject' this extravagant threat that once again reveals Trump's true intentions to steal the wealth of Venezuela."
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a total blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela and framed the action within U.S. pressure on the Maduro government. The president posted on Truth Social that the U.S. military deployment in the Caribbean will continue until the Chavista regime returns oil, land and other assets allegedly stolen from the United States. The president accused the Maduro government of using stolen oil to finance drug terrorism, human trafficking, murder and kidnapping. Venezuela condemned the announcement as a reckless threat and accused the U.S. of intending to steal Venezuelan wealth. U.S. authorities recently intercepted a Venezuelan oil tanker.
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