Rubio Calls for Obama to Level More Venezuela Sanctions
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., on Sept. 1 called for the Obama administration to level more sanctions against corrupt Venezuelan officials who are suppressing free speech, according to a statement released by Rubio’s office (here). “The violence, bloodshed and despotism in…
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Venezuela has gone on for too long, and it’s time the Obama Administration implement a vast and sweeping wave of sanctions on all those who continue to wreck the future of the Venezuelan people,” he said. In a June note to Congress, Secretary of State John Kerry said Venezuela remains uncooperative with U.S. anti-terror efforts, which bars U.S. defense articles and services from being sold to the country in fiscal 2016 (see 1606010006). President Barack Obama signed into law on July 15 Rubio's Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Extension Act of 2016, extending U.S. sanctions against the country through Dec. 31, 2019.