The United States will withdraw all remaining diplomatic personnel from its embassy in Caracas, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said late Monday. The move worsens already tattered relations, with President Donald Trump having said he rules out no options including military intervention to oust President Nicolas Maduro. The US has ...
The US Treasury slapped sanctions Monday on a Russia-based bank partly owned by Venezuela for its support for the government of President Nicolas Maduro and the sanctioned state oil company PDVSA. The sanctions targeted Moscow-based Evrofinance Mosnarbank, which when founded in 2011 was 50 percent-owned by leading Russian banks and ...