Late Monday President Trump signed an executive order imposing a full economic embargo against Venezuela after a week ago the White House began signaling it could seek to "Quarantine" and fully "Blockade" the Maduro regime if the president doesn't immediately hand over power of his own accord.
The order focuses on human rights abuses and Maduro's continued "Usurpation" of power as necessary to enact the full embargo, and places the Latin American country on par with Cuba, Syria, Iran and North Korea.
Though Trump recently signaled he was "Bored" with meddling in Venezuela after a failed military coup earlier this year, the executive order is the latest in a string of measures intent on regime change.
"All property and interests in property of the Government of Venezuela that are in the United States ... are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in," the executive order says.
Americans are further prevented from doing business with Venezuela's government or officials, effective immediately.
A recent Bloomberg report also indicated Trump admin discussions have involved the possibility of imposing a complete blockade on the country by sea, enforced by US Navy ships.
"All of Venezuela, in a civic-military union, repudiates and rejects the statements of Donald Trump about a supposed quarantine, of a supposed blockade," Maduro said in the speech.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-06/trump-imposes-total-economic-embargo-venezuela
The order focuses on human rights abuses and Maduro's continued "Usurpation" of power as necessary to enact the full embargo, and places the Latin American country on par with Cuba, Syria, Iran and North Korea.
Though Trump recently signaled he was "Bored" with meddling in Venezuela after a failed military coup earlier this year, the executive order is the latest in a string of measures intent on regime change.
"All property and interests in property of the Government of Venezuela that are in the United States ... are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in," the executive order says.
Americans are further prevented from doing business with Venezuela's government or officials, effective immediately.
A recent Bloomberg report also indicated Trump admin discussions have involved the possibility of imposing a complete blockade on the country by sea, enforced by US Navy ships.
"All of Venezuela, in a civic-military union, repudiates and rejects the statements of Donald Trump about a supposed quarantine, of a supposed blockade," Maduro said in the speech.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-06/trump-imposes-total-economic-embargo-venezuela
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