Moscow on Monday slammed new US sanctions on Venezuela, saying they were aimed at damaging the Latin American nation’s economy and aggravating tensions. “The announced sectoral sanctions against Venezuela’s financial and oil sector are quite obviously aimed at aggravating the out-of-balance situation in the country and aggravating the economic problems,” ...
The United States has imposed potentially hard-hitting economic sanctions on Venezuela, barring banks from any new financial dealings with the government or state-run oil company PDVSA. The White House on Friday announced President Donald Trump had signed an executive order “imposing strong, new financial sanctions” on the government of Venezuela. ...