Trump, Venezuela and Maduro

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Venezuela to continue oil trade, Maduro says, after Trump's blockade announcement
Venezuela will continue to trade oil, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday, one day after President Donald Trump threatened to impose a blockade on all sanctioned oil tankers coming in and out of the country.

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Venezuela denounces Trump's order for ship blockade as 'warmongering threats'
Can Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro survive Donald Trump’s oil blockade?
Trump orders blockade of 'sanctioned' Venezuela oil tankers
US President Donald Trump has announced a blockade of "sanctioned oil vessels" heading to and leaving Venezuela, sharply escalating his pressure campaign against Caracas while issuing new demands for ...

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Oil rises over 1% as Trump's Venezuela blockade stokes uncertainty
Trump says the quiet part out loud - and seems to have three aims for Venezuela
Venezuela’s Maduro says Trump’s comments on land and oil reveal his true motives
“It is simply a warmongering and colonialist pretense, and we have said so many times, and now everyone sees the truth. The truth has been revealed,” Maduro said during a speech in Caracas Wednesday.

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House rejects resolutions to limit Trump's campaign against Venezuela and drug cartels
Venezuela reacts defiantly to US oil blockade, claims exports unaffected

WATCH: Trump’s National Address Live— President To Share Three-Year Plan As Tensions Escalate With Venezuela

President Donald Trump is set to address the nation at 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday night in a live speech from the White House. Follow Newsweek live.

Trump has not endorsed Venezuela regime change as Wiles stresses ‘blowing boats up’

President Trump has not clearly called for regime change in Venezuela as Chief of Staff Susie Wiles says he's in an anti-war mood this term.

Trump orders blockade of sanctioned oil tankers entering, leaving Venezuela

Along with the blockade, Trump said he has formally designated Venezuela's Maduro and his government allies a foreign terrorist organization.

Trump orders blockade of all 'sanctioned oil tankers' entering and leaving Venezuela

President Donald Trump ramped up pressure on Venezuela on Tuesday by announcing that he is ordering a blockade of all “sanctioned oil tankers ” entering and leaving the South American country.
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