White House order for military focus on Venezuela’s oil blockade – Mehr News Agency | RCO News Agency

According to Mehr news agency, citing Al Jazeera, Reuters news agency quoted an American official as saying that the White House has ordered military forces to focus on the blockade against Venezuela’s oil in the next two months.

The official added: Military options are still on the table regarding Venezuela, but the current focus is on increasing economic pressure.

U.S.-Venezuela relations have been tense in recent years with Washington’s tightening of unilateral sanctions against Nicolás Maduro’s government, especially in the fields of energy and maritime transportation. Caracas considered these measures as an example of economic blockade and violation of international law and has repeatedly protested against the seizure of ships and the growing pressure of the United States.

According to the analysts of the issues between the internationalThe goal of the United States in intensifying these pressures and unilateral sanctions is to increase political and economic pressure to weaken the government of Nicolás Maduro and force Caracas to change its direction in its domestic and foreign policies.