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Maduro, 62, has been in power since 2013, and the new sanctions come little more than a week before U.S. President Joe Biden will end his term and be succeeded by Donald Trump on Jan. 20.
The Biden administration announced a slew of new sanctions against allies of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in opposition to his claim of election victory, calling his Friday inauguration ...
The sanctions target 21 individuals, including 15 leaders of the Bolivarian National Guard, Bolivarian National Police, the… US issues new sanctions on Maduro allies in Venezuela over fraudulent ...
During the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis, AP News reported that "familiar geopolitical sides" had formed, with allies Russia, China, Iran, Turkey, Syria, and Cuba supporting Maduro, and the US, Canada, and most of Western Europe supporting Juan Guaidó as interim president.
Reuters reported on 18 April 2019 that the Maduro administration was bypassing sanctions by funneling cash from petroleum sales through Russia's Rosneft. [106] Reliance denied reports that it was in violation of U.S. sanctions and stated that its purchases of Venezuelan oil through Rosneft were approved by the U.S. State Department. [107]
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Friday slapped a new round of sanctions on the Maduro regime, this time targeting "officials who lead key economic and ...
Us Sanctions 21 More Maduro Allies Accused Of Post-election Repression In Venezuela As such, the U.S. and most European governments have rejected the official results of the election and consider ...
Maduro seeks a deal with Trump to ease sanctions and stabilize Venezuela’s economy. But imprisoning opposition leaders like Machado or González would destroy any chance of engagement.