U.S. sanctions 10 more Venezuelan government leaders
U.S. sanctions 10 more Venezuelan government leaders
AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth calls the latest wave of sanctions "a clear, and well deserved, tightening of the screws on the regime as it has cast off even the pretense of democracy".
Denouncing last month’s regional Venezuelan elections as irregular, the Trump administration imposed new individual sanctions Thursday against 10 Venezuelans it accused of undermining democracy, censoring the news media and engaging in the corrupt administration of government-run food programs.
The Treasury Department froze U.S. assets, banned U.S. travel and prohibited Americans from doing business with top allies of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, including his chief of staff, two sitting ministers and one of the all-powerful Constituent Assembly’s vice presidents...
“It’s a clear, and well-deserved, tightening of the screws on the regime as it has cast off even the pretense of democracy,” said Eric Farnsworth, who worked on Latin America issues in the Clinton administration and is now Washington director of the Americas Society/Council of the Americas. “But it’s uncertain whether this will ultimately change the behavior in Caracas.”...
