Sentences with phrase «many venezuelans»

Trump plans to attend the Summit of the Americas in Lima next month, where his administration is likely to highlight its efforts to isolate the Venezuelan government.

«Available information indicates that, once issued, the Petro digital currency would appear to be an extension of credit to the Venezuelan government,» the Treasury department said in a statement to Reuters.

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.

In his meeting with his international counterparts, Mnuchin said, «we discussed how to achieve our shared objectives of restoring Venezuelan democracy, combating the kleptocracy of the Maduro regime, and responding to the humanitarian crisis caused by Maduro's economic policy.»

The Trump administration has also considered measures to restrict access by the Venezuelan government and PDVSA to the U.S. banking system.

The Treasury Department warned investors in January to steer clear of the digital currency, calling it «another attempt to prop up the Maduro regime, while further looting the resources of the Venezuelan people.»

Venezuela's offering accepted transactions in U.S. dollars and euros, meaning that Venezuelan citizens are forbidden from participating given a ban on buying foreign currency.

WASHINGTON, March 7 - A Venezuelan state governor made an unusual visit to Washington this week seeking meetings with Congress members to discuss the fate of a Utah man imprisoned in the South American nation, U.S. sources said on Wednesday, as the country faces a possible new round of sanctions.

WASHINGTON, March 7 - A Venezuelan state governor made an unusual visit to Washington this week seeking meetings in Congress to discuss the fate of an American imprisoned in the South American nation, U.S. sources said on Wednesday, as the country faces a possible new round of sanctions.

Almost immediately, New York businessman Joel David Kaplan and Venezuelan counterfeiter Carlos Antonio Contreras Castro boarded the chopper and made their way to the US.

WASHINGTON, March 7 - A Venezuelan state governor made an unusual visit to Washington this week, seeking meetings in Congress to discuss the fate of a U.S. citizen imprisoned in the South American nation, U.S. sources said on Wednesday.

The Santa Teresa 1796 Ron Antiguo de Solera Rum is a blend of Venezuelan rums, aged 8 to 12 years.

Saying the president has bowed to Hugo Chavez, Gingrich promised to confront the Venezuelan president, calling him a «bitter, deep anti-American» and pointing out his alliance with Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

In perhaps his boldest stroke, Loria hired Ozzie Guillen — the longtime shortstop and then manager of the Chicago White Sox, a Venezuelan baseball legend.

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.

Rachel Mayer, head of Circle Invest and an alum of Lehman Brothers and J.P. Morgan, is Venezuelan.

Holders of Venezuelan bonds are meeting with each other and considering forming committees, advisers and fund managers told Reuters, as questions mount about the feasibility of President Nicolas Maduro's proposal to restructure $ 60 billion of debt.

CARACAS, April 27 - A grace period on Chinese loans to Venezuela has lapsed, according to two Venezuelan sources with knowledge of the matter, potentially depriving the cash - strapped OPEC nation of billions of dollars in desperately needed oil revenue this year.

Last week, Senator Bill Cassidy, MD (R - LA) sent a letter to President Trump, «urging the administration to protect Gulf refiners from indirect harm caused by potential Venezuelan energy sanctions.»

Those companies are also the ones most actively lobbying in Washington against potential sanctions on Venezuelan oil, Bloomberg reports, citing four people in the know.

Hamm favors the approach of cutting off Venezuelan oil exports to the U.S., as well as stopping U.S. light sweet crude exports to Venezuela, which uses that type of crude to blend it with its heavy crude oil before shipping it to international markets.

The possibility of Venezuelan oil import restrictions has divided White House advisors, and now is pitting Harold Hamm, chairman and CEO of Continental Resources and energy advisor during President Trump's campaign, against U.S. refiners that import Venezuelan crude to process at their refineries.

Last month, the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM), which represents more than 95 percent of the U.S. refining sector, sent a letter to President Trump, in which it argued that refineries along the Gulf Coast have made substantial investments to process heavy crude, particularly of the Venezuelan variety.

They argue that possible sanctions on the Venezuelan energy sector would harm the U.S. industry, and cause it to scramble for heavy crude supplies from elsewhere, which would result in higher fuel prices for consumers.

According to U.S. Customs data compiled by Bloomberg, Venezuelan crude represented 43 percent of the refinery capacity at Chevron's Pascagoula refinery in July, as well as 62 percent of Valero's St. Charles refinery capacity.

Among them, Kloza sees the Iraqi and Venezuelan elections in May and «superhawks» John Bolton and Mike Pompeo coming into the White House as possible market movers.

The millions of Venezuelans fleeing their crisis - torn nation may soon overshadow the number of Syrian refugees, according to an economist.

Oil prices rose about 2 percent on tensions in the Middle East and concerns of a further fall in Venezuelan output.

During elections in Spain last year, campaign messages and press reports highlighted purported links between the Venezuelan government and Spain's upstart leftist party, Podemos.

Venezuelan authorities have yet to comment on the arrest of the men, both Venezuelans, and no charges against them have been made public.

«The goal is to change the conduct, the character of the Venezuelan government under Maduro.

As president, Kirchner was one of Latin America's most prominent leftists and was close with the socialist government of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

A variety of factors, like regulations, exchange and price controls, and insecurity would inhibit the broader Venezuelan economy's ability to respond in the event oil income dried up, Rodriguez added.

Ahead of the 48 - hour strike, opposition leaders have encouraged Venezuelans to stock up on food and other goods — a call echoed by the US embassy in Venezuela.

A Datanalisis poll Rodriguez cited found 56 % of Venezuelans opposed US financial sanctions and just 32 % supported them.

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.

Daddy Yankee also criticized both the unauthorized use of the song and the Venezuelan government's action against citizens.

So those Venezuelans who are able to are flying abroad, swiping their credit cards to take out a cash advance, flying home, and making bank.

In what they said was an attempt to combat «speculation,» authorities last week forced over 200 supermarkets to slash prices, creating chaos as desperate Venezuelans leapt at the chance to buy cheaper food.

Despite a years - long political and economic deterioration and months of violence, Maduro has maintained about 20 % support among Venezuelans, but his constituent assembly has been rejected by an overwhelming majority of the country and drawn international rebuke.

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.

The PRI's somewhat sordid history, both recent and historical, of patronage and links to the criminal underworld makes it possible for critics to raise uncomfortable questions about its fulmination against the Venezuelan government.

August saw the US's most drastic action, restricting the Venezuelan government's access to the US financial system, preventing it and the state oil company, PDVSA, from issuing new debt in US dollars.

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.»

With inflation believed to be in triple digits, vast lines outside supermarkets owing to shortages of basic goods and an 80 % collapse of the currency on the black market, it was the economy that turned Venezuelans away from the government.

«I'm really concerned that we're going to have a real collapse in Venezuela in oil production over the course of the next year,» which would in turn affect the government's ability to pay its debt, Rodriguez — who was head of the Venezuelan Congressional Budget Office from 2000 to 2004 — said at the AS / COA event.

The Venezuelan president has said the vote will go ahead, however, and he has continued his campaign to support it.

Parliamentarians and socialists in the UK and Europe are calling on Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain's Labour Party and a longtime supporter of Venezuela's leadership, to denounce the Venezuelan government in light of recent events.

Despite criticisms of the ban and how it could hurt affected Venezuelans, Coffman believes the ban would be much preferred to the continued growth of the Maduro regime.

One Venezuelan woman said, «I've been able to buy new clothes and give some cash to all my closest family members!»