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The oil was sanctioned under the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014. And then President Obama today issued a new Executive Order
by delaminator 10mo ago
The oil was sanctioned under the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014.
And then
President Obama today issued a new Executive Order (E.O.) declaring a national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the situation in Venezuela. The targeted sanctions in the E.O. implement the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014, which the President signed on December 18, 2014, and also go beyond the requirements of this legislation.
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/03/09/fact-sheet-venezuela-executive-order https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/0...
- msie 10mo agoWhat's your point?
- rguiscard 10mo agoI think the point is that if the president of USA issued a few executive orders or have laws passed, he can legally take whatever he wants. Not that I agree with that. It just seems to be the reality.
- delaminator 10mo ago"Trump Steals" different to "United States government executes its ten-year-old policy"
- mark336 10mo agoOk ok I shouldn't have used "steals". My emotions got the better of me. Venezuela kept some oil the U.S. bought. But the charges of Narco-terrorism against Maduro are ridiculous.
- delaminator 10mo agoI understand. Appealing to the liberal hive mind for upvotes is tempting. While mild support in the other direction is a quick route to the shadow realm.