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Rep. Mike Coffman, R - Colo., introduced the Protecting Against Tyranny and Responsible Imports Act, or the PATRIA Act, that would target Venezuelan President Nicolas
Maduro after he stripped the country's democratically elected national assembly of its power and authority.
Not exact matches
The United States, which in July said would take «strong and swift economic actions» if President Nicolas
Maduro goes ahead with the Constituent Assembly, could also further sanction senior Venezuelan officials
after acting against 13 prominent figures last week.
Just one day
after the commencement of the controversial petro pre-sale,
Maduro made waves once again, announcing that he plans to unveil a second cryptocurrency next week: the petro gold.
Since 2013, when Nicolás
Maduro took power
after the death of Hugo Chávez, the socialist country has struggled with skyrocketing inflation, food and medicine shortages, a shrinking economy and rising violence and corruption.
CARACAS Venezuela is preparing a new cryptocurrency called «petro gold» that will be backed by precious metals, President Nicolas
Maduro said on Wednesday, a day
after launching an oil - backed token that has been panned as a pipe dream by blockchain experts.
There is a clear risk that Washington will impose tighter curbs on the
Maduro regime
after the elections on May 20.
Venezuelan crisis intensifies
after vote, arrests Following a disputed election for a new legislative body last weekend, in which voting tallies were reportedly manipulated, and the arrest of two high - profile opposition leaders, Venezuelan president Nicolas
Maduro faces increased pressure both from within Venezuela and without.
The Treasury Department has already issued a wide range of sanctions against Venezuelan President Nicolas
Maduro and his associates
after he moved to consolidate power in July.
His commons accusations to the United States» imperialism still have some reception in several political parties in America but with time this is dissapearing and
after the Castro's annoucements of re-open the political relations with the White House, one of the top accusations,
Maduro is now considering to calm down more and more the «anti-imperialist» speech.
After the possesion,
Maduro inherited a full country with so much social assistance and a big economic inflation, the biggest one in South America.
In a television interview from Havana, Mr
Maduro said Mr Chavez was «conscious» of his condition
after his fourth operation in his battle with cancer, and said he had shown occasional signs of improvement.
In spite of this, the military seems much more behind the revolution than it was in 2002; in a choreographed move, all of the generals and leading officers of the armed forces announced their support for the government immediately
after Maduro announced Chávez's passing.
Moments
after the National Electoral Council's televised announcement, state television carried images of Mr.
Maduro, holding his wife's hand and flanked by several of the more powerful members of his government, walking down a narrow lane outside the presidential palace, smiling and waving.
Venezuela's President Nicolás
Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, wave to supporters at the presidential palace in Caracas on Sunday
after election officials declared his victory.
Soon
after President
Maduro made an announcement to recruits its Venezuelan citizens to build crypto mining farms, Venezuela is in the news again.
Turkey's potential consideration of launching its own cryptocurrency also arrives just a few days
after Venezuela has seen the country's own token sale, through which its president Nicolas
Maduro claimed the country has netted $ 735 million on the first day of the pre-sale.
After the launch of the ICO for the oil - backed government cryptocurrency, the petro, Nicolas
Maduro has announced a second government cryptocurrency backed by gold.
Turkey's potential consideration also arrives just days
after Venezuela has seen the country's own token sale, through which its President Nicolas
Maduro claimed the nation has so far raised $ 735 million.
After the launch of the Venezuelan government - backed cryptocurrency the Petro on Feb. 20, President Nicolas
Maduro has already hinted at second government cryptocurrency soon to be released, according to government - sponsored news outlet TelSsur.
This announcement from Bitfinex comes less than a week
after the Nicolas
Maduro, the Venezuelan president went on air to announce the availability of the petro token for purchase with foreign fiat currency including the euro, Yuan, Turkish liras, and rubles.
President Nicholas
Maduro said the digital asset raised $ 735 million just one day
after launching.
After officially launching the oil - backed Petro (PTR), Venezuela's own cryptocurrency, the country's leader Nicolás
Maduro has ordered state - owned businesses to transact in it when buying and selling products and services.
The update came a week
after Venezuelan president Nicolas
Maduro announced that the Russian ruble would be one of the handful of fiat currencies freely convertible with Petro.