U.S. ratchets up pressure on Venezuela, Cuban backers

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters



APRIL 5, 2019 / 8:09 AM / UPDATED 4 HOURS AGO

Collin Eaton
3 MIN READ

HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Friday stepped up efforts to force Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from office by imposing new sanctions on its oil shipments, and promising “stronger action” against Cuba for helping to keep the regime afloat.

Greater efforts to prevent oil revenues from reaching Maduro, including sanctions on Venezuela’s finance and oil sectors, were coming, Pence said in Houston before a hand-picked audience of 300 people, many from the local Venezuelan community who support Maduro’s ouster.

“The United States will continue to exert all diplomatic and economic pressure to bring about a peaceful transition to democracy” in Venezuela, Pence said at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, calling oil shipments “the lifeblood of that corrupt regime.”

The United States and leaders of most nations in the Western Hemisphere consider Maduro’s 2018 reelection illegitimate and have recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as the company’s interim president. Maduro dismisses Guaido as a U.S. puppet.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-pence-houston/u-s-ratchets-up-pressure-on-venezuela-cuban-backers-idUSKCN1RH1B5

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1. " bring about a peaceful transition to democracy"

Even if it means bringing in americun troops....

to face off against the commys....

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2. If Maduro was a smart man, he'd take his stolen gold and go live in Cuba with the other degenerates.

but he's a very stupid man. And, like trump, believes everyone actually loves him