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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had ordered a complete block on the movement of sanctioned oil tankers to and from Venezuela, escalating a months-long pressure campaign against President Nicolas Maduro.
“Today I am ordering a total and complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers traveling to and from Venezuela,” Trump wrote on the social network Truth Social.
He also said the Venezuelan government had been designated a "foreign terrorist organization" and accused it of involvement in various crimes, including terrorism, drug smuggling and human trafficking.
Declaring that the United States "will not allow a hostile regime to take over our oil, land, or any other assets," the president demanded that Venezuela return to the United States all assets he said it "previously stole." –0–
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