Sentences with phrase «venezuelan officials»

yro.slashdot.org - According to an exclusive report by Time, Russia helped Venezuelan officials create the world's first state - backed cryptocurrency to skirt U.S. sanctions.

The sanctions were imposed against all Venezuelan officials, the country's debt capabilities, as well as PDVSA officials.

US imposes sanctions targeting digital currencies issued by the Venezuelan government and designates more Venezuelan officials

However, US sanctions against Venezuela will make the restructuring more challenging because of restrictions on US investors dealing with Venezuelan officials.

Venezuelan officials have plans to go a step further with a virtual currency in order to circumvent American sanctions.

Trump has sanctioned dozens of Venezuelan officials, including government ministers and military officers, since he took office — including the vice president, who was accused of involvement in international drug trafficking, and President Nicolas Maduro himself, whom the Trump administration has labeled a «dictator.»

Despite these actions, there are more Venezuelan officials who could be hit with sanctions, and the US is likely to go after them, according to Mark Feierstein, who was senior director for Western Hemisphere affairs on President Barack Obama's National Security Council.

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.

Not exact matches

Administration officials say no news is expected at the summit on the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement or on new sanctions on the Venezuelan government.

President Donald Trump is reportedly considering sanctioning Venezuela's crude industry in a bid to ratchet up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Reuters reported Thursday, citing an unnamed U.S. official.

Finance ministers from several Latin American nations as well as the U.S. and Europe have agreed to work jointly to locate and seize the proceeds arising from corruption by Venezuelan government insiders, two U.S. Treasury officials said Thursday.

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan authorities arrested 11 executives of the country's largest private bank in an ongoing investigation into the country's soaring inflation, officials said.

Officials have previously accused criminal networks of smuggling Venezuelan bolivars across the border to manipulate the black market exchange rate.

Vice President Mike Pence travels to Doral, Fla. to participate in a briefing at U.S. Southern Command and meet with the Venezuelan exile community, activists, leaders and officials about the continuing devastation and unrest in Venezuela.

A last resort appeal to the Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) by the opposition was similarly rejected in early August, as it too upheld the official CNE tally.

The Administration's latest travel ban indefinitely suspends travel to the U.S. by nationals of Somalia, Syria, Libya, Iran, Yemen, North Korea, and Chad and certain officials of the Venezuelan government.

Venezuelan government officials and their families are also barred, while citizens of Iraq will be «subject to additional scrutiny.»

In 1954 she exhibited for the first time in Venezuela at the XV Salón Oficial Anual de Arte Venezolano (XV Annual Official Salon of Venezuelan Art) at the Museo de Bellas Artes (Museum of Fine Arts), Caracas, and earned her first solo show in 1958.

In each case, the plaintiff alleged that Venezuela, SUDEBAN, and other Venezuelan agencies and officials had expropriated assets in violation of international law.

Founding partner and COO of a New York broker - dealer in connection with an FCPA prosecution and related civil claims arising from alleged «pay - to - play» arrangements with senior officials of a Venezuelan state banking entity.

A Reddit post from roughly two weeks ago claimed to include a link to the petro's white paper, and the document itself - unconfirmed by the Venezuelan government as of yet - appears to be hosted on the government's official website.

Time has discovered evidence to suggest that the Venezuelan oil - backed digital currency, «El Petro», was helped into existence by Russian officials, bankers, and businessmen.