Anonymous ID: ff85aa May 21, 2018, 2:19 p.m. No.1496787   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>6796 >>6818

Statement from President Donald J. Trump on the Maduro Regime in Venezuela

Issued on: May 21, 2018

 

Today, I have taken action to prevent the Maduro regime from conducting “fire sales,” liquidating Venezuela’s critical assets—assets the country will need to rebuild its economy. This money belongs to the Venezuelan people.

 

I have signed an Executive Order to prevent the Maduro regime from selling or collateralizing certain Venezuelan financial assets, and to prohibit the regime from earning money from the sale of certain entities of the Venezuelan government.

 

The United States remains committed to the Venezuelan people, who have suffered immensely under the Maduro regime. We call for the Maduro regime to restore democracy, hold free and fair elections, release all political prisoners immediately and unconditionally, and end the repression and economic deprivation of the Venezuelan people.

 

This order is the most recent in a strong, consistent stream of actions my Administration has taken targeting the Maduro regime.

Anonymous ID: ff85aa May 21, 2018, 2:21 p.m. No.1496804   🗄️.is đź”—kun

Presidential Message to the Congress of the United States

FOREIGN POLICY

 

Issued on: May 21, 2018

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TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:

 

Pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order with respect to Venezuela that takes additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13692 of March 8, 2015, and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13808 of August 24, 2017, and Executive Order 13827 of March 19, 2018.

 

The Executive Order I have issued today prohibits transactions related to, provision of financing for, and other dealings in (i) the purchase of any debt owed to the Government of Venezuela, including accounts receivable; (ii) any debt owed to the Government of Venezuela that is pledged as collateral after the effective date of the Executive Order, including accounts receivable; and (iii) the sale, transfer, assignment, or pledging as collateral by the Government of Venezuela of any equity interest in any entity in which the Government of Venezuela has a 50 percent or greater ownership interest.

 

I have authorized the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to take such actions, including promulgating rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the Executive Order.

 

I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued today.

 

DONALD J. TRUMP

 

THE WHITE HOUSE,

May 21, 2018.