As the crisis in Venezuela hurtles into
its third month at the cost of more than 60 dead and thousands more injured and
imprisoned in street demonstrations against the socialist government of Hugo
Chávez heir Nicolás Maduro, indications are the Trump administration is ready
to discard the do-nothing policy of Barack Obama. According to a recent Reuters
report, the administration is weighing sanctions on Venezuela’s critical oil
sector, including the state oil company PDVSA. (The oil-rich country remains
the third-largest supplier to the United States.) In addition, the
administration is considering further sanctions on individual Venezuelan senior
officials involved in drug trafficking, corruption, and human-rights abuses. More…
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Tuesday, June 13, 2017
The U.S. Needs to Act in Venezuela
As the crisis in Venezuela hurtles into
its third month at the cost of more than 60 dead and thousands more injured and
imprisoned in street demonstrations against the socialist government of Hugo
Chávez heir Nicolás Maduro, indications are the Trump administration is ready
to discard the do-nothing policy of Barack Obama. According to a recent Reuters
report, the administration is weighing sanctions on Venezuela’s critical oil
sector, including the state oil company PDVSA. (The oil-rich country remains
the third-largest supplier to the United States.) In addition, the
administration is considering further sanctions on individual Venezuelan senior
officials involved in drug trafficking, corruption, and human-rights abuses. More…
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