Category: Sanctions

Executive OrdersBlocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela (March 8, 2015) March 8, 2015read moreImposing Additional Sanctions with Respect to the Situation in Venezuela (August 24, 2017)read moreTaking Additional Steps to Address the Situation in Venezuela (March 19, 2018)read moreProhibiting Certain Additional Transactions with Respect to Venezuela (May 21, 2018)read moreBlocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela (November 1, 2018)read moreTaking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency With Respect to Venezuela (January 25, 2019)read more​Blocking Property of the Government of Venezuela - (August 5, 2019)read moreProclamation on the Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons who Threaten Venezuela’s Democratic Institutions  September 25, 2019 read moreDeterminationsDet. Pursuant to Executive Order 13850 of November 1, 2018, as Amended (Effective…

Presidential Documents Executive Order 13808 of August 24, 2017 Imposing Additional Sanctions With Respect to the Situation in Venezuela By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, in order to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13692 of March 8, 2015, and particularly in light of recent actions and policies of the Government of Venezuela, including serious abuses of human rights and fundamental freedoms; responsibility for the deepening humanitarian…

12747 Presidential Documents Federal Register Vol. 80, No. 47 Wednesday, March 11, 2015 Executive Order 13692 of March 8, 2015 Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–278) (the ‘‘Venezuela Defense of Human Rights Act’’) (the ‘‘Act’’), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)) (INA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the…

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY Determination Pursuant to Section l(a)(i) of Executive Order 13850 Section l(a) of Executive Order 13850 of November 1, 2018 ("Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela") (E.O. 13850), as amended by Executive Order 13857 of January 25, 2019 ("Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency With Respect to Venezuela") (E.O. 13857), imposes economic sanctions on any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to operate in such sectors of the Venezuelan economy as may be determined, pursuant to section l(a)(i) ofE.O. 13850, by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State. To further address the extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States described…

PROCLAMATIONS Proclamation on the Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons who Threaten Venezuela’s Democratic Institutions  IMMIGRATION Issued on: September 25, 2019  There remains a political and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela due to the continued failure of Nicolas Maduro, Maduro regime oicials, and others to support the rule of law.  Given the importance to the United States of fostering the functioning of constitutional government and democratic institutions in Venezuela, I have determined that it is in the interest of the United States to take action to restrict and suspend the entry into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of senior members of the regime of Nicolas Maduro and others described in this proclamation who formulate, implement, or benefit from policies or actions that undermine or injure Venezuela’s…