Sentences with phrase «against maduro»

The United States placed sanctions against Maduro, freezing any assets he holds in the US, and barred Americans from doing business with him.

U.S. sanctions against Maduro's socialist government forbid U.S. banks from taking part in any restructuring.

As Venezuela's crisis has reached new depths over the past two years, strikes and demonstrations against Maduro have become widespread.

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.

«There's obviously the threat [of sanctions] against others, but... it's surprising, to me at least, how few people have broken with Maduro,» he said during the AS / COA event.

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.

Most of the region voiced support for the July 16 referendum convened by the opposition against the assembly, and the EU and the US have suggested they could level sanctions on the Maduro government should the July 30 vote go ahead.

CARACAS, May 3 (Reuters)- Venezuela said on Thursday it arrested 11 top executives of the country's leading private bank Banesco for allegedly hurting the OPEC nation's ailing currency, the latest move against the private sector that unpopular leftist President Nicolas Maduro blames for a deep...

CARACAS A group of Venezuelan rock bands hope to popularize songs against President Nicolas Maduro by handing out a CD called «Rock Against Dictatorship» during a summit of Latin American and North American countries in Lima thiagainst President Nicolas Maduro by handing out a CD called «Rock Against Dictatorship» during a summit of Latin American and North American countries in Lima thiAgainst Dictatorship» during a summit of Latin American and North American countries in Lima this week.

Analysts have speculated that petro proceeds are a way for the Maduro government to sidestep U.S. sanctions against the socialist regime.

«Venezuela repudiates the measures against the petro,» Maduro said adding that they were intended to harm the country's economy.

The government has suspended a recall referendum drive against hapless President Maduro even as it tries to entice creditors of ailing state oil firm PDVSA to accept a sweetened bond swap.

US Uses «Hybrid Aggression» Against Venezuela to Oust Maduro — Defense Minister © REUTERS / Marco Bello Vladimir Padrino Lopez, the Venezuelan defense minister, lashed out at Washington's current policy toward...

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.

Thus, the people are pitted against one another as Chavistas and capitalist «fascists and extreme right thugs,» as Maduro referred to the protesters in May 2014.

During the height of the protests, in a speech made March 5, 2014 at a military parade in Caracas marking the one year anniversary of Chávez's death, Maduro proclaimed, Chávez «the Redeemer of the poor» and said that the poor were calling to Chávez the «Redeeming Christ of the 21st Century» to help them against the capitalist protestors attempting to undo all he had done for the poor.

Addressing the nation on Friday, Maduro declared a «constitutional state of emergency... to tend to our country and more importantly to prepare to denounce, neutralize and overcome the external and foreign aggressions against our country.»