US Issues New Venezuela-Related Sanctions, Targets Defense Chief, Maduro's Wife - Treasury

Sumaira FH Published September 25, 2018 | 07:36 PM

The United States has issued a new set of sanctions against Venezuela adding President Nicolas Maduro's spouse and key cabinet officials to the list of sanctioned individuals, the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said in a press release on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 25th September, 2018) The United States has issued a new set of sanctions against Venezuela adding President Nicolas Maduro's spouse and key cabinet officials to the list of sanctioned individuals, the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said in a press release on Tuesday.

The Treasury said Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Eloina Rodrigues Lopez, and Minister of Defense for the National Armed Forces Vladimir Padrino Lopez were among six individuals put on the sanctions list.

Three entities, including one from Spain and one from the British Virgin Islands, as well as a Venezuelan aircraft have been also sanctioned on Tuesday.