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February 3, 2015

U.S. Expands Sanctions on Venezuelan Officials 
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The United States has expanded sanctions against Venezuelan officials
and their family members. The United States refused to name the
officials who will now be banned from receiving visas due to alleged
involvement in human rights violations and corruption. Venezuelan
President Nicolás Maduro criticized the restrictions.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro: "We will not allow an empire that
has kept us and all of Latin America and the Caribbean in its sights, an
empire that has hated and has schemed against the Bolívar document for
200 years to attempt to create the right to punish Bolívar's homeland,
to threaten Bolívar's homeland."

 

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