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US announces new Venezuela sanctions as Rubio shares 'snuff movie' pictures of Colonel Gaddafi in threat to Maduro
Washington requests special meeting of UN Security Council
Andrew Buncombe Seattle @AndrewBuncombe
22 minutes ago
The US has announced new sanctions on Caracas and insisted all options are on the table to oust Nicolas Maduro, as a Republican senator tweeted images showing the death throes of Muammar Gaddafi in an apparent threat to the Venezuelan leader.
Vice president Mike Pence said four Venezuelan state governors allied to Mr Maduro were the target of the new sanctions, while he urged the international community to freeze assets of the nation's state-run oil company. The US also asked the United Nations Security Council to hold an urgent meeting on the crisis.
I want to assure you, President Guaidó, that the tragic events of the past weekend have only steeled the resolve of the United States of America, Mr Pence said at a meeting of the Lima Group in Colombia, attended by the opposition leader Juan Guaido, who last month declared himself Venezuela's president.
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On Sunday, he tweeted several messages attacking Mr Maduros government before then posting three images of ousted dictators - Libyas Gaddafi, Panamas Manuel Noriega and Romanias Nicolae Ceausescu. The gruesome, blood-laced image of the Libyan leader was taken as he was bayoneted to death in October 2011 by rebels in the city of Sirte. Nato had earlier engaged in a devastating bombing campaign against Gadafi's his forces.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-venezuela-marco-rubio-colonel-gadaffi-mike-pence-sanctions-maduro-twitter-romania-a8796751.html
orangecrush
(19,645 posts)In thuggery.
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)"The 'humanitarian aid' this weekend was a public relations stunt, since the aid was just a tiny fraction of the food and medicine that they are depriving Venezuelans of with the sanctions," Weisbrot said. "As the Trump administration admitted, it was an attempt to get the Venezuelan military to disobey Maduro. It was a farce, and it failed."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/colombia-vice-president-pence-announce-clear-actions-against-venezuela-s-n975621