US President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, adding that he now considers the country’s ruler a foreign terrorist organization.
“Due to the theft of our assets and many other reasons, including terrorism, drug smuggling and human trafficking, the Venezuelan regime has been designated a FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Therefore today I am ordering a TOTAL AND COMPLETE BLOCKADE OF ALL SANCTIONED OIL TANKS bound for and from Venezuela.”
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(With inputs from Reuters)
