Extending its efforts to oust the beleaguered President, the White House pledges to impose additional sanctions, including on foreign banks Maduro may be using to move and hide his money
Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido addresses the National Assembly in Caracas on March 6, 2019.Venezuela’s government arrested two journalists on Wednesday, one of them American, while the United States said it was set to sanction banks to ramp up pressure on socialist President Nicolas Maduro to leave office.
“We will be sanctioning some in the days and weeks to come,” the official said, hours after National Security Advisor John Bolton warned foreign banks that they could face sanctions if they participated in transactions benefiting Maduro. Freelance Caracas-based reporter Weddle, who recently covered Guaido’s return to the country for Miami television station WPLG Local 10 News, was arrested at his home on charges of treachery, according to free speech group Espacio Publico. Agents took Weddle’s computer and equipment, the group said.Story continues below advertisementThe move, which came a week after Venezuela deported a team from U.S.
WPLG reported on its website that its management’s attempts to reach Weddle “have proven unsuccessful” and that his last contact with station employees was on Tuesday afternoon.The arrest threatened to worsen already-fraught relations between Venezuela and the United States, which has reduced its diplomatic presence in the country after Maduro in January said he would break ties. Maduro has also ended relations with neighbouring Colombia.
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