Within 48 hours of the president’s announcement, the State Department certified Guaidó as having the capacity to receive and control assets held in Venezuela’s name. This reportedly gave him control of Venezuelan accounts held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and..…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media at United Nations following Security Council meeting about Venezuela in Manhattan of New York City, New York, U.S., January 26, 2019. ..…
On January 26, Secretary Pompeo traveled to New York City to speak and urged every nation to support the people of Venezuela and recognize the new government led by President Guaido.. ..…
Headline over a letter published in the New York Times (1/24/19) . . The latest bizarre episode in the Trump presidency is currently playing out in Venezuela. ... More alarmingly still, Trump has continually threatened a military intervention in Venezuela (New..…
These sanctions were designed to prevent Venezuela’s own money from entering Venezuela.Note that all the Venezuelan governments’ outstanding foreign currency bonds are governed under New York State law,and one of Venezuela’s major government assets, the state oil..…
More alarmingly still, Trump has continually threatened a military intervention in Venezuela (New York Times, 8/12/17), and his National Security Advisor John Bolton allowed himself to be filmed with a notepad that read, “5,000 troops to Colombia” (CNN, 1/29/19). . ..…
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