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Trump's Regime Change Operation Ramps Up with Blockade of Venezuelan Oil

2025-12-17 News & Politics
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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt President Trump has ordered what he called a "total and complete blockade" of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, as the United States escalates pressure on the government of President Nicolás Maduro. The move comes amid a major U.S. military buildup in the region and days after U.S. forces seized an oil tanker carrying Venezuelan oil. Since September, the U.S. military has carried out at least 25 airstrikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific near Venezuela, killing at least 95 people. The administration's actions against Venezuela signal "the total renunciation of liberal internationalism" and further abandonment of "a world governed by common laws," says Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Yale University professor Greg Grandin. This comes as Latin America is on a "knife's edge between the left and the right," with the Trump administration eager to boost its authoritarian allies across the region, says Grandin. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Top Comments (10)

@randywatson1615 2025-12-17

Same old scam. The govt spends trillions on a war no one wants, to make the rich richer, then they give trump millions as a payoff/bribe. War Is A Racket just ask Smedley Butler

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@menudobucket9837 2025-12-17

The Monroe Doctrine is not only obsolete, but because it was the product of American hubris, it should’ve never existed in the first place.

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@MindfulnessChatterandSounds 2025-12-17

It’s all a ploy to shut down elections

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@JohnDilivio 2025-12-17

Total idiots run USA government

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@StarUFO-v8z 2025-12-17

Why has Trump pardoned the Honduran president of drug trafficking 400 tons of cocaine into America if he is concerned about the people and drugs coming to the USA?

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@bellyfilled887 2025-12-17

The US is busy robbing oil from small countries like Syria and Venezuela. The US pirates are well reported in all newspaper except those in the US.

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@The2ndSaulter 2025-12-17

7:13 ffs, Hegseth can’t even say the word “Military.” I really hope we don’t go to war with anyone with this administration in charge. It will be worse than Vietnam.

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@nsbd90now 2025-12-17

This is another oil grab. They know perfectly well climate change is not only not a hoax, it is faster than expected. They are getting ready for global chaos, entire populations on the move, and the collapse of civilization. No form of democracy will survive what is coming and borders are going to get bloody.

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@nsbd90now 2025-12-17

Um, isn't this kind of a classic and standard Act of War??

16 1 replies
@HeartforPeace 2025-12-18

No more greedy violent wars, please!!! We want GENUINE peace for America and the rest of the world.

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