Why Trump is now ‘blockading’ Venezuela to get back ‘oil, land, assets stolen’ from the US

The move could hobble Venezuela’s oil exports, which are the lifeblood of the country’s economy. Venezuela relies entirely on tankers to export its oil to world markets. There were more than 30 vessels operating in Venezuela this month that had been sanctioned by the United States, according to the independent tracking service Tanker Trackers. Last Wednesday, the United States seized a tanker in the Caribbean Sea that was carrying Venezuelan oil for Cuba and China. A federal judge had issued a warrant for the seizure based on the fact that the tanker had recently transported oil from Iran. The U.S….