00:00The standoff with Venezuela has taken a sharper turn after President Trump declared what he's
00:08calling a blockade of sanctioned oil tankers. Venezuela has ordered its Navy to escort ships
00:13carrying petroleum products out of port. It's a direct show of force as those vessels head
00:19toward Asian markets. The New York Times reports several tankers left Venezuela's coast under
00:24military protection just hours after Trump said the U.S. would stop oil shipments tied to sanctions
00:30violations. The White House is now watching closely, weighing the next steps as the risk of
00:36a confrontation rises. President Trump doubled down on Wednesday on patrolling the waters and
00:41accusing Venezuela of stealing American oil assets. The blockade, not going to let anybody going through
00:48that shouldn't be going through. You remember they took all of our energy rights, they took all of our
00:53oil from not that long ago and we want it back, but they took it. They illegally took it.
01:01Venezuela's government fired back, calling the move warmongering, filing a complaint with the
01:06United Nations and insisting its ships have a right to free navigation as oil exports remain the backbone
01:12of its economy. And in the background, the U.S. is quietly building muscle. Late Wednesday,
01:18the Pentagon confirmed another U.S. strike on an alleged drug-running boat in the eastern Pacific,
01:24killing four people. The military says the vessel was operating along a known narco-trafficking route
01:29and released video of the strike. American military assets are surging through Puerto Rico and across
01:35the region, part of the largest U.S. naval presence in Latin America in decades. The big question now,
01:42how far this goes and whether this blockade stays economic or turns into something much bigger.
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