According to Reuters on January 29, the United States began to resume sanctions on Venezuela on the 29th, and Biden sources said that the moratorium on sanctions on the Venezuelan oil industry will expire. Previously, the Supreme Court upheld an injunction blocking the eligibility of leading opposition figures who hope to run in the ** elections.
According to the report, the United States lifted some sanctions on Venezuela in October last year to recognize an agreement reached by the opposing sides in Venezuela related to this year's elections. The suspension of such sanctions is conditional on the release of certain opposition-linked prisoners and American prisoners by Maduro and progress in lifting the ban on some opposition figures.
Despite a prisoner swap in Venezuela last December, the Supreme Court of Venezuela upheld the ban on opposition candidate María Corina Machado last Friday.
According to the Efe news agency on January 29, the White House warned Venezuela's Maduro-led team on the 29th that before the United States makes a decision on sanctions, the deadline for achieving compliance with the agreement reached with the opposition is before April.
White House committee spokesman John Kirby said at a news conference: "We have multiple options in our hands. I won't reveal any of them in advance at the moment, but we can certainly choose the sanctions and what such measures we can take. Their deadline is before April. ”
In April, the temporary lifting of a number of U.S. sanctions on Venezuelan oil and gas will expire. The temporary lifting of sanctions is a measure taken by Washington after Venezuela** reached an agreement with the opposition in Barbados on the 2024** elections.
According to the report, Jorge Rodríguez, who served as the head of the Venezuelan delegation in the negotiations with the Venezuelan opposition, warned on the 29th that Venezuela would respond harshly if the United States reinstated or implemented new sanctions against Venezuela.
"We're very focused on what [Washington] will do in the future," he said at ......a news conferenceIf there is an aggressive movement, our response will be harsh, reciprocal and forceful. ”
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