Trump administration slaps new sanctions on Venezuela as it denounces leftist Latin American governments
by Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times
Nov 01, 2018
3 minutes
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration hit Venezuela with economic sanctions Thursday to block its exports of gold, a lifeline commodity for the embattled leftist government of President Nicolas Maduro, but put off targeting its oil exports, the mainstay of its economy.
President Donald Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, announced the sanctions as he outlined a Latin America strategy that seeks to isolate and punish leftist governments in Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua while embracing right-wing leaders in Colombia, Chile and soon
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