Venezuela condemns \u2018warmongering threats\u2019 as Trump orders oil blockade<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
Trump in his Truth Social message didn\u2019t have any detail on how a blockade on sanctioned oil tankers might be enforced, or if he would direct the coast guard to seize vessels like he did last week.<\/p>\n
His administration has moved thousands of troops and nearly a dozen warships \u2013 including the world\u2019s largest aircraft carrier \u2013 to the sea north of Venezuela<\/a> in the past couple of weeks.<\/p>\n It\u2019s clear the move targeting oil, Venezuela\u2019s main source of income, is aimed at further squeezing Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/a>\u2019s government.<\/p>\n Venezuela affirmed its sovereignty over all natural resources and its right to free navigation and trade in the Caribbean Sea despite \u201cwarmongering threats\u201d, the government said in a statement on Tuesday. It condemned Trump\u2019s \u201cirrational military blockade\u201d order as a \u201cgrotesque threat\u201d aimed at \u201cstealing\u201d the country\u2019s wealth.<\/p>\n