blockade

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Now Venezuelan oil exports are at risk thanks to a partial blockade targeting sanctioned tankers—the kind that carry about 70% of the country’s crude.

From The Wall Street Journal

Investors parked money in safe havens ahead of tomorrow’s CPI report and in reaction to a U.S. blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers going into and out of Venezuela.

From The Wall Street Journal

Still, fully enforcing a quarantine or blockade is difficult and could take time to have an impact, prolonging the standoff.

From The Wall Street Journal

However, experts said that even a partial blockade will be a major hit for Venezuela’s feeble economy, already reeling under more than a decade of U.S. penalties.

From Los Angeles Times

Capital Economics analysts predicted that the blockade "would cut off a key lifeline for Venezuela's economy" in the short term.

From Barron's