Administration gives Guaido access to frozen Venezuela bank accounts

[Origanalist]

Trump administration gives Venezuelan alternative president access to country's frozen U.S. bank accounts in bid to ratchet up pressure on Nicolas Maduro - after ordering Americans NOT to travel there

The Trump administration took another step to ratchet up pressure on the Maduro regime in Venezuela, granting opposition leader Juan Guaido the ability to access the regime's frozen U.S. bank accounts.

The State Department announced the move a day after the U.S. Treasury slapped sanctions on Venezuela's state-owned oil companies and set in place a system to freeze accounts that also could be placed under Guaido's control.

Venezuela immediately hit back, with the nation's attorney general warning Guaido was not free to leave the country.

That move drew yet another stern response from National Security Advisor John Bolton.

'We denounce the illegitimate former Venezuelan Attorney General's threats against President Juan Guaido. Let me reiterate - there will be serious consequences for those who attempt to subvert democracy and harm Guaido,' Bolton tweeted.

Amid the increasing tension, the State Department warned Americans against traveling to the nation, which is seeing a resurgence of street protests including deaths of demonstrators, and continuing chaos in the nation.

Under the latest U.S. policy, Guaido, who declared himself the legitimate president of the country, can access accounts maintained by the government and the nation's central bank.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-globally.html

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Trump administration gives Venezuelan alternative president access to country's frozen U.S. bank accounts in bid to ratchet up pressure on Nicolas Maduro - after ordering Americans NOT to travel there

The Trump administration took another step to ratchet up pressure on the Maduro regime in Venezuela, granting opposition leader Juan Guaido the ability to access the regime's frozen U.S. bank accounts.

The State Department announced the move a day after the U.S. Treasury slapped sanctions on Venezuela's state-owned oil companies and set in place a system to freeze accounts that also could be placed under Guaido's control.

Venezuela immediately hit back, with the nation's attorney general warning Guaido was not free to leave the country.

That move drew yet another stern response from National Security Advisor John Bolton.

'We denounce the illegitimate former Venezuelan Attorney General's threats against President Juan Guaido. Let me reiterate - there will be serious consequences for those who attempt to subvert democracy and harm Guaido,' Bolton tweeted.

Amid the increasing tension, the State Department warned Americans against traveling to the nation, which is seeing a resurgence of street protests including deaths of demonstrators, and continuing chaos in the nation.

Under the latest U.S. policy, Guaido, who declared himself the legitimate president of the country, can access accounts maintained by the government and the nation's central bank.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-globally.html

So much freedom.

[Origanalist]

@angelatc

[UWDude]

regime

everybody is either a regime (state actor, monarch/leader) or a terrorist (non-state actor) now.

[angelatc]

@angelatc

Yes, since they're recognizing him as the interim head of the country that makes sense.

[angelatc]

everybody is either a regime (state actor, monarch/leader) or a terrorist (non-state actor) now.

Well, they don't want to develop negative connotations with the word "government," now do they?

[Anti Globalist]

But what if I want to go to Venezuela? You can't just ban me from going somewhere because its dangerous. If I go somewhere like Venezuela and die, its no one elses fault but my own.

[AZJoe]

Venezuela's Supreme Tribunal of Justice on Tuesday imposed a travel ban on opposition leader Juan Guaido and froze his bank accounts,

[AZJoe]

Too bad Bolton could not find any courage to stand up against persecution and in for Assange, or Snowden, or Kiriakou, or Manning, or ...