It makes them pirates: those committing illegal acts at sea without flying a national flag.
No. A trade embargo with Venezuela is a sanction. Freezing Venezuelan assets inside your own country is a sanction. A blockade that prevents a country from trading with third parties is an act of war.
The US has no legal jurisdiction to physically inhibit trade between Venezuela and other nations. If they were sneaking it into the US, that would be a different story.
I'm not even saying it's bad but they aren't pirates for shipping oil.
You are correct, it's actually an embargo, not a blockade. However? Embargo allows a nation to intercept vessels & seize them too. Anyone running a blockade is subject to capture & their vessel & cargo possibly seized. This applies to an embargo too, although the vessel might not get seized? The cargo will.
They have every right to enforce an embargo or blockade. One of the requirements of a lawful blockade is that ALL ships going to or coming from that nation are boarded and inspected. The "Russian ships" (there's 2 now) both refused boarding and fled. They're fair game.
No. A trade embargo with Venezuela is a sanction. Freezing Venezuelan assets inside your own country is a sanction. A blockade that prevents a country from trading with third parties is an act of war.
The US has no legal jurisdiction to physically inhibit trade between Venezuela and other nations. If they were sneaking it into the US, that would be a different story.
I'm not even saying it's bad but they aren't pirates for shipping oil.
You are correct, it's actually an embargo, not a blockade. However? Embargo allows a nation to intercept vessels & seize them too. Anyone running a blockade is subject to capture & their vessel & cargo possibly seized. This applies to an embargo too, although the vessel might not get seized? The cargo will.
They have every right to enforce an embargo or blockade. One of the requirements of a lawful blockade is that ALL ships going to or coming from that nation are boarded and inspected. The "Russian ships" (there's 2 now) both refused boarding and fled. They're fair game.
I just looked it up. An embargo also allows interception of ships. It's kind of pointless without that, eh?
https://thelawtoknow.com/2025/04/01/embargo/