How is the US ship blockade affecting Venezuelans?

美国对委内瑞拉的船只封锁如何影响委内瑞拉人民?

World Business Report

2025-12-18

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The US has stepped up its blockade on Venezuela’s sanctioned oil tankers, as humanitarian workers are warning that the situation would get worse if food and medical supplies can’t get into the country. We hear from people living in Caracas and someone who has left the country few days ago. Also, the board of Warner Brothers Discovery has told shareholders to reject Paramount's $180 billion dollar hostile bid for the entirety of its business. And the Oscars are to be streamed on YouTube from 2029 after the tech firm outbid traditional broadcasters. (Photo: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures, during a march to commemorate the Battle of Santa Ines in Caracas, Venezuela, December 10, 2025. Credit: REUTERS/Gaby Oraa)
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  • With the threat of a full blockade is the net closing on Venezuela.

  • Donald Trump is a pirate and right now he is blocking us with the declarations he made yesterday blocking our naval corridor,

  • which is not only Venezuela's.

  • How does this leave citizens in the country?

  • The fear is that anything preventing supplies from coming into the country would exacerbate their very dire conditions.

  • This is World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Ed Butler and today we're going to be looking at that threatened oil blockade of Venezuela.

  • Is it going to work?

  • How effective will it be?

  • And what's the impact on the global oil supply?

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