Three US senators led by Florida Sen.
Marco Rubio urged the State Department to add Venezuela to the list of
countries sponsoring terrorism, a designation that would expand the range of
sanctions that could be applied. In a letter sent to Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo, the senators said the regime of President Nicolás Maduro has associated
with organizations such as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC,
and Hezbollah and stressed the fact that it has not taken actions to punish
those officials who have been sanctioned by the US Treasury for participating
in drug trafficking. “It comes as no surprise that the Maduro dictatorship
aided and abetted terrorists. After years of cooperating with FARC, ELN and
other narcotraficking terrorists, Venezuela has now become a ‘narco-state’,”
the senators said in the letter, dated Sept. 26. More… 
Monday, October 1, 2018
Rubio urges U.S. to put Venezuela on state-sponsored terror list
Three US senators led by Florida Sen.
Marco Rubio urged the State Department to add Venezuela to the list of
countries sponsoring terrorism, a designation that would expand the range of
sanctions that could be applied. In a letter sent to Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo, the senators said the regime of President Nicolás Maduro has associated
with organizations such as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC,
and Hezbollah and stressed the fact that it has not taken actions to punish
those officials who have been sanctioned by the US Treasury for participating
in drug trafficking. “It comes as no surprise that the Maduro dictatorship
aided and abetted terrorists. After years of cooperating with FARC, ELN and
other narcotraficking terrorists, Venezuela has now become a ‘narco-state’,”
the senators said in the letter, dated Sept. 26. More… 
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