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US imposes more sanctions on Venezuelans | US imposes more sanctions on Venezuelans |
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The US has imposed sanctions on four serving or retired Venezuelan generals for rights abuses or corruption. | The US has imposed sanctions on four serving or retired Venezuelan generals for rights abuses or corruption. |
The list includes Rodolfo Marco Torres, whom the US Treasury sanctioned for food smuggling when he was in charge of the country's distribution network. | The list includes Rodolfo Marco Torres, whom the US Treasury sanctioned for food smuggling when he was in charge of the country's distribution network. |
All the men have had their assets frozen and US businesses are forbidden from working with them. | All the men have had their assets frozen and US businesses are forbidden from working with them. |
Forty-four Venezuelan officials have been sanctioned to date including President Nicolás Maduro. | |
Venezuela has angrily dismissed the move with its Foreign Minister, Jorge Arreaza, saying the country would never submit to what he called the imperialist and war-mongering forces of the US government. | Venezuela has angrily dismissed the move with its Foreign Minister, Jorge Arreaza, saying the country would never submit to what he called the imperialist and war-mongering forces of the US government. |
He said the army "will never bow to any foreign power, much less to the imperialist and warlike forces of Donald Trump's supremacist government. We demand respect". | He said the army "will never bow to any foreign power, much less to the imperialist and warlike forces of Donald Trump's supremacist government. We demand respect". |
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin justified the sanctions by saying that "President Maduro and his inner circle continue to put their own interests above those of the Venezuelan people". | US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin justified the sanctions by saying that "President Maduro and his inner circle continue to put their own interests above those of the Venezuelan people". |
Why Venezuelan parents are keeping their children at home | Why Venezuelan parents are keeping their children at home |
Venezuelan migration crisis | Venezuelan migration crisis |
US sanctions on Maduro | US sanctions on Maduro |
Under the Treasury order, the governor of Aragua state, retired General Rodolfo Clemente Marco Torres, stands accused of involvement in food smuggling. | Under the Treasury order, the governor of Aragua state, retired General Rodolfo Clemente Marco Torres, stands accused of involvement in food smuggling. |
Two years ago President Maduro put the military in charge of food distribution after shortages led to food riots. | Two years ago President Maduro put the military in charge of food distribution after shortages led to food riots. |
US press reports described military kickbacks to generals for food contracts and bribes to move food out of ports. | US press reports described military kickbacks to generals for food contracts and bribes to move food out of ports. |
The opposition-led National Assembly pointed the finger at Gen Torres and publically censured him. | |
Separately, prosecutors in the US began investigating the allegations believing some of the bribes had passed through the US financial system. | Separately, prosecutors in the US began investigating the allegations believing some of the bribes had passed through the US financial system. |
Another retired general and the former governor of Bolivar state, Francisco José Rangel Gomez, is accused of pressuring Venezuelan courts to release suspected members of armed pro-government gangs. | |
General Fabio Enrique Zavarse Pabón, commander of an area including the capital Caracas, is accused of using National Guard troops to violently repress street protests. | |
Major General José Izquierdo Torres is accused of using his position for illicit enrichment. |
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