Amna Nawaz
Amna Nawaz
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Trump escalates Maduro confrontation with blockade on Venezuelan oil tankers

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December 17, 2025

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President Trump continued his rhetorical campaign against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, as a large American Naval force sits in the waters off the coast. The U.S. will actively blockade and seize vessels it had already sanctioned, a move some critics have called an act of war. Nick Schifrin reports and Geoff Bennett discusses the latest with David Smilde.

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