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Following the upholding of a restriction that prevented the opposition from running for office in Venezuela’s elections, the US reinstated sanctions.
Venezuela has threatened to stop deportation flights for Venezuelan migrants in the US without proper documentation and has criticized Washington’s plan to reinstate oil and gas sanctions.
Vice President Delcy Rodriguez tweeted on X, “All of Venezuela rejects the rude and improper blackmail and ultimatum expressed by the US government.”
Reunion flights for Venezuelan refugees would be canceled immediately as of February 13 if they decide to escalate their economic war against their country.
Reunion flights for Venezuelan refugees would be canceled immediately as of February 13 if they decide to escalate their economic war against their country.
Following an agreement between Nicolas Maduro and President Joe Biden for the “orderly, safe, and legal repatriation” of undocumented Venezuelan migrants, the US started returning migrants to their home country on chartered planes in October.
Rodriguez declared that in response to the “deliberate attempt to strike a blow to the Venezuelan oil and gas industry,” all other areas of collaboration will be examined.
The rejection comes in response to the United States’s reimposition of sanctions on Caracas this week. Washington took action after Venezuela’s top court upheld a ban blocking the candidacy of the leading opposition hopeful in a presidential election later this year.
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Tuesday saw the announcement by the US Department of State that Washington will not be renewing the license that has permitted Venezuelan oil to flow freely to its designated destinations.
The State Department released a statement stating that “actions by Nicolas Maduro and his representatives in Venezuela, including the arrest of members of the democratic opposition and the barring of candidates from competing in this year’s presidential election, are inconsistent with the agreements signed in Barbados.”
General License 44, which offers assistance to Venezuela’s oil and gas industry, will not be renewed by the United States when it expires on April 18 due to “absent progress between Maduro and his representatives and the opposition Unitary Platform.”
In October, the US, which had imposed oil sanctions on Venezuela for the first time in 2019, lifted those sanctions in recognition of an agreement reached in Barbados with President Nicolas Maduro’s administration that included the release of political prisoners, the admission of foreign observers, and the establishment of fair conditions for a presidential election.
According to Oil Minister Pedro Tellechea, Venezuela is ready for any eventuality, including the reinstatement of US sanctions on its exports of gas and crude.
Tellechea informed reporters that the US would be affected by any renewed energy sanctions against Venezuela as well, but the nation would not “kneel down” because someone attempted to dictate which nations it might conduct business with.
he refusal is a reaction to this week’s reinstatement of sanctions against Caracas by the US. Following the top court of Venezuela’s upholding of a ban on the leading opposition candidate’s candidacy in a presidential election later this year, Washington acted.
