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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.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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