Trump blockades oil tankers near Venezuela — what does that mean?

2:32A U.S. military helicopter hovers above the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was apprehended by the U.S. Coast Guard, shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump declared a “blockade” on all sanctioned oil tankers entering and exiting Venezuela, east of Barbados in the Caribbean Sea on December 20, 2025. Department Of Homeland Security/via Reuters

Last week, President Donald Trump proclaimed a "complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers going into and out of Venezuela," intensifying the pressure on Nicolás Maduro’s regime as 15...