A Blow to Iran: US Considering Adding Venezuela to Terrorism Sponsors List
Ami Rojkes Dombe
| 21/11/2018
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The United States is reportedly considering adding Venezuela to the list of terrorism-sponsoring states. The move would impose further financial sanctions on the Venezuelan economy, which is already suffering from hyperinflation, food and medicine shortages, and negative migration.
Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) has been lobbying for the imposition of such sanctions, and he appears to have persuaded the administration to make the move. The Washington Post reports that no time frame has yet been determined for placing Venezuela on the list.
A senior US official told the Post that it would be a challenge for the government to provide concrete proof linking the Maduro government to terrorism if it decides to place Venezuela on the list. The four countries currently on the list – North Korea, Iran, Sudan, and Syria – have been found to “have repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.”
Source: Homeland Security News Wire
facebook.com/NicolasMaduro
The United States is reportedly considering adding Venezuela to the list of terrorism-sponsoring states. The move would impose further financial sanctions on the Venezuelan economy, which is already suffering from hyperinflation, food and medicine shortages, and negative migration.
Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) has been lobbying for the imposition of such sanctions, and he appears to have persuaded the administration to make the move. The Washington Post reports that no time frame has yet been determined for placing Venezuela on the list.
A senior US official told the Post that it would be a challenge for the government to provide concrete proof linking the Maduro government to terrorism if it decides to place Venezuela on the list. The four countries currently on the list – North Korea, Iran, Sudan, and Syria – have been found to “have repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.”
Source: Homeland Security News Wire
