Last week's long-overdue sanctions were
easy to justify: El Aissami has been implicated in the trafficking of cocaine
from Venezuelan military air bases, and his installation as vice president
positions him to take over the country if Maduro is ousted. It's no wonder a
bipartisan group of 34 members of Congress urged Trump this month to act
against El Aissami and other senior officials, who are vulnerable to U.S.
action because of their holdings of U.S. real estate and bank accounts. The
administration ought to follow up with more sanctions, including against
generals involved in profiteering from Venezuela's desperate shortages of food
and imprisoning opposition leaders. It should lobby at the Organization of
American States for action against the Maduro regime under the Inter-American
Democratic Charter. More…
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