President Barack Obama signed a new legislation to impose sanctions on Venezuelan government officials accused of violating protesters’ rights during demonstrations earlier this year.
The new legislation, signed on Thursday, will deny visas and freeze assets of officials involved in a crackdown on political opponents during three months of street protests in Venezuela, reports Reuters.
Commenting on the sanctions, a US embassy official said,
“these sanctions are not against the Venezuelan people, or against the Venezuelan government as a whole but against individuals accused of violations.”
Responding to sanctions, the Venezuelan president, Nicolas Madura, said,
“There are contradictions of an empire that seeks to impose its domination by whatever means, underestimating the power and conscience of our fatherland."
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