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Trump designates Maduro's government as a “foreign terrorist organization” and orders “a total and complete” blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers with an unhinged post (lemmygrad.ml)
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Source backing this up -> https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/16/trump-orders-blockade-of-sanctioned-oil-tankers-leaving-entering-venezuela.html

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[-] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

No one is going to nuke each other over Venezuela. China is not going to directly confront the US over Venezuela either. The US bombed Iran, where China buys a lot of oil, and China did not militarily confront the US in any way. China cares about projecting power around the first and second island chains. Everything else is secondary.

[-] Maeve1@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 2 months ago

China isn't the source of concern here, I think.

[-] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

China probably sees Venezuela as just a good trading partner, and as part of Russia/Brazil's sphere of influence. Nicaragua under Sandinista rule only bothered to recognize the PRC in 2021.

[-] Maeve1@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 months ago

Hmm, you edited your post since I replied. I think wherever volatile elements are involved, watchful caution is appropriate.

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