Trump freezes all Venezuelan government assets in US

Executive order says assets may not be ‘transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn’, as tensions with President Maduro escalate

The Trump administration has frozen all Venezuelan government assets in a significant escalation of tensions with socialist leader Nicolás Maduro.

The ban on Americans doing business with Venezuela’s government takes effect immediately.

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