Tag: Venezuela

EU States Should Recognize Guaido As Venezuela’s Leader: EU Lawmakers

BRUSSELS—The European Parliament called on EU governments to recognize Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s interim president in a resolution on Thursday, after a downgrade of his status by the bloc earlier this month. The EU’s 27 states said on Jan. 6 they can no longer legally recognize Guaido as the country’s legitimate head of state after…


Trump Issues Memo Protecting Some Venezuelans Living in US From Deportation

President Donald Trump on Tuesday has approved the deferral of deportation of eligible Venezuelan nationals who fled to the United States when an economic crisis swept the socialist country. Trump issued a memo directing the secretary of state and the secretary of Homeland Security to take appropriate measures to defer for 18 months the deportation of any…


Trump Administration Hits Venezuela With More Sanctions

The Trump administration announced a round of financial sanctions that target a network of individuals moving oil on behalf of Venezuelan socialist leader Nicolas Maduro. The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned three individuals, 14 business entities, and six ships with sanctions, accusing them of assisting Venezuelan oil company PDVSA, which is under Maduro’s control, evade previous sanctions….