US President Donald Trump just ordered a full blockade of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela.

Warships are already positioned in the Caribbean, thousands of troops were deployed, and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was extracted with US support. The Maduro regime is under unprecedented pressure.

For debt markets, the stakes couldn't be higher: PDVSA creditors, international oil companies with billions in stranded assets, and Venezuela's oil production (once the backbone of Latin America's energy sector) all hang in the balance.

Will this finally trigger the regime change that unlocks access to Venezuela's vast oil and rare-earth mineral reserves? And what does that mean for creditors who've been waiting years for a resolution?

Join 9fin for a webinar on Monday, 22 December at 11am ET as we cut through the geopolitical noise and focus on what matters: how this blockade reshapes the distressed debt landscape, what recovery scenarios look like, and which players stand to win or lose as the situation unfolds.