Trump Signs Sanctions Banning Purchase of Venezuela, State Oil Company Debt

Posted on August 25, 2017

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro holds a flag during a demonstration against the United States' decision to renew sanctions on several top Venezuelan officials, in Caracas on March 12, 2016
President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order on Friday banning Americans from dealing in Venezuelan government debt or that of its state-run oil company.

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