The Venezuelan army condemned this Saturday (11) the new sanctions that the USA, the United Kingdom and the European Union imposed against Venezuela, after President Nicolas Maduro assumed a third term amid an electoral dispute.
“The Venezuelan Armed Forces categorically and energetically reject the new sanctions imposed by the infamous imperial brotherhood,” said General Domingo Hernández Larez, head of the Operational Strategic Command of the National Armed Forces of Venezuela. He called the sanctions a “desperate action, outside the realm of international law.”
The conviction came after US President Joe Biden’s administration increased the reward to $25 million for information that led to Maduro’s arrest or conviction on drug trafficking charges. The previous reward was $15 million.
It also issued a $25 million reward to Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello and a $15 million reward to Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino, as well as new sanctions against eight other officials, including the head of the state-owned company. oil company PDVSA, Hector Obregon.
Maduro, president since 2013, was declared the winner of the July election by Venezuela’s electoral authority and highest court, although detailed results confirming his victory have never been published.
Venezuela’s opposition says that the results at the polls show a landslide victory for its former candidate Edmundo Gonzalez.
Maduro’s almost 12 years in office were marked by a profound economic and social crisis and an exodus of millions of Venezuelans fleeing the country. His government has always rejected all sanctions, saying they are illegitimate measures that amount to an “economic war” designed to paralyze Venezuela.
This content was originally published in Venezuelan Army condemns new US and European sanctions on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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