Trump administration orders blockade of sanctioned oil tankers in and out of Venezuela

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published December 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM EST

President Trump has ordered a complete blockade on “all sanctioned oil vessels.”

Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan speaks with Rice University professor Francisco J. Monaldi, director of the Latin American Energy Program at the Baker Institute at Rice University.

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