Business & Economics

Trump Orders Total Oil Blockade on Venezuela as Rubio Brands Maduro Regime a Narco-Terror Ally

Between 19–20 Dec 2025 Washington moved an aircraft-carrier strike group and thousands of troops into the Caribbean and announced a "total blockade" on sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers, while President Trump said he "doesn’t rule out" war and Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowed to forcibly change Caracas’s status quo.