sanctions

Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro officially announced his intention to remain in office for a third term.  The announcement came after Dictator Maduro was recently ‘selected’ by Venezuela’s United Socialist Party (PSUV) to represent their party’s presidential candidate in the upcoming July elections.  Maduro’s government has barred opposition candidates from participating in the elections and been […]

A group of conservative US senators led by Rick Scott (R-FL) has sent President Joe Biden a letter urging him to rescind two documents the senators claim undermine Israel’s interests.  Namely, the senators are concerned over the White House’s February 1, 2024 Executive Order 14115 and February 8, 2024 National Security Memorandum 20. The February […]

A group of conservative senators led by Rick Scott (R-FL) has penned a letter urging President Joe Biden reconsider his current foreign policy strategy in Latin America.  The letter alleges President Biden’s current strategy is a “misuse” of US influence and runs counter to the nation’s foreign policy interests.  Namely, the senators criticized Biden’s designation […]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a series of measures enforcing a new sanctions plan announced by President Joe Biden on the eve of the two-year anniversary of Russia’s Ukraine invasion. These include the forfeiture of $2.5 million in Russian-luxury properties, two arrests, two charges against sanctioned Russian oligarchs, and a guilty plea […]

US President Joe Biden has announced a major sanctions package targeting Russia will be unveiled this Friday, February 23rd.  President Biden’s announcement comes after Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in a Russian penal colony earlier last week.  Navalny had already been the subject of two previous assassination attempts with deadly chemical and nerve agents […]

US Representative Maria-Elvira Salazar (R-FL) will lead a House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee hearing into the fight for freedom in Venezuela this Wednesday, January 7th.  The hearing will feature Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado as the main witness.  Machado overwhelmingly won the Venezuelan opposition party’s recent primary elections. However, Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro’s […]

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) is refloating calls to deport Hamas supporters residing in the US after President Joe Biden announced sanctions against certain Israeli citizens.  According to a State Department communication, President Biden’s sanctions respond to certain Israeli citizen’s involvement in attacks against civilian populations in the West Bank.  The individuals named in the sanctions […]

Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Rick Scott (R-FL), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) sent President Joe Biden a letter urging him to immediately impose recently lifted sanctions on Venezuela.   The letter comes amidst Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro’s latest actions to prevent a free and fair presidential election later this year.  President Biden had spearheaded an effort to […]

US Representative Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) sent a bipartisan letter to President Joe Biden requesting that he increase its administration’s sanctions on Iran.  According to Representative Moskowitz’s office, President Biden’s “lax sanctions policy” has resulted in “ over $88 billion flowing into Iran’s coffers.” Iran’s funding of foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) across the Middle East has […]

The US has announced it will consider imposing new sanctions on Venezuela after Venezuelan Autocrat Nicolas Maduro banned democratic opposition primary winner Maria Corina Machado.  President Joe Biden had spearheaded an effort to convince Maduro’s regime to permit for democratic elections to occur in Venezuela later this year. As part of President Biden’s initiative, the […]

President Joe Biden has again come under fire for his administration’s Venezuela foreign policy strategy  after the arrest of opposition leader Juan Freites. The arrest was published by ‘Vente Venezuela’, the political party opposing Dictator Maduro’s authoritarian regime.  Freites was the director of campaigning for Vente Venezuela and was allegedly dragged into a black pick-up […]

US Representative Maria-Elvira Salazar (R-Fl) has filed a bill to reauthorize sanctions on Nicaragua in light of the Nicaraguan government’s recent hostile acts towards Catholic officials.  Since December 2023, Nicaraguan police have detained a total of 16 priests and seminarians, including Bishops Isidoro del Carmen Mora and Rolando Jose Álvarez Lagos. Nicaraguan Dictator Naiel Ortega […]

The Rebuilding Economic Prosperity and Opportunity (REPO) for Ukrainians Act has regained traction as a bipartisan group of four new senators signed on to the bill this past week. The REPO for Ukrainians Act is designed to boost Ukraine’s war recovery efforts by transferring Russian assets confiscated by the US to Ukraine.  Russia invaded Ukraine […]

US Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fl) is asking President Joe Biden take action to prevent Chinese semiconductor firm ‘Brite’ from accessing US technology and capital markets.  A report published last week exposed how Brite has been able to purchase US software and obtain financing from American investors.  Brite services at least six Chinese military suppliers and […]

Congresswomen Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fl) and Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) have jointly reintroduced the Venezuela Emergency Relief, Democracy Assistance, and Development (VERDAD) Act. The VERDAD Act, passed in 2019 and set to expire in 2023, imposes sanctions against Dictator Nicolas Maduro’s regime and outlines US strategy towards supporting a democratic transition in Venezuela.  Congresswoman Salazar claimed […]

Brian Nichols, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs from the U.S. State Department, said this week at an Atlantic Council event, that the U.S. “will assess all actions taken [by the Maduro government in Venezuela] and conduct a review of our sanctions policy,” in agreement with the progress made. Nichols was referring to the […]

A recent public opinion poll conducted by Florida International University (FIU),  provided some insights into the relationship between the United States and the Florida Venezuela community and focused on whether the U.S. economic sanctions levied on the Nicolas Maduro regime have been effective. FIU’s Latino Public Opinion Forum polled the thoughts held by Venezuelans who […]

President Joe Biden has yet to reintroduce sanctions on Venezuela after the US lifted them in exchange for free and fair elections in the Latin American country’s 2024 presidential election.  Back in early October, the Floridian’s Javier Manjarres reported how the US was leveraging sanctions on Venezuelan oil exports to pressure Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro […]