Tag: Venezuela
Florida Ex-Congressman Arrested Over Secret Contract With Venezuela
Former Representative David Rivera and a longtime associate were charged with conspiracy and failure to register as foreign agents, among other crimes [...]
U.S. Allows Chevron to Expand Energy Operations in Venezuela
The license, limited in scope, was issued amid the resumption of talks between the Venezuelan government and opposition, and comes as President Nicolá [...]
More on news that the US Plans to Ease Venezuela Sanctions, Enabling Chevron to Pump Oil
This from earlier:Responses to this item are pouring in across various media. Pretty much all are along the lines of this is not going to happen due t [...]
Venezuela releases 7 jailed Americans; U.S. frees 2 prisoners
“I can’t believe it,” Cristina Vadell, the daughter of Tomeu Vadell, one of the freed Americans, said when contacted by The Associated Press on Satur [...]
WSJ: U.S. Plans to Ease Venezuela Sanctions, Enabling Chevron to Pump Oil
Wall Street Journal with the report, citing "multiple people familiar with the proposal":The Biden administration is preparing to scale down sanctions [...]
American Prisoners Are Released From Venezuela and Iran
Caracas released seven Americans in a trade for two nephews of Venezuela’s first lady who had been convicted on drug charges. Separately, Tehran relea [...]
PwC Venezuela Twitter account hacked, attacker shills fake XRP giveaway
An attacker gained access to PwC Venezuela’s Twitter account and has been actively posting cryptocurrency phishing links for the last 8 hours at the t [...]
Uphold withdraws with Venezuela, citing US sanctions
Crypto trading platform Uphold said it will be withdrawing support for users in Venezuela due to sanctions imposed by the United States government.In [...]
Plataforma de trading cripto Uphold se retira de Venezuela por sanciones de EE. UU.
En 2019, la administración del entonces presidente Donald Trump impuso sanciones adicionales a Venezuela, incluyendo la prohibición de realizar transa [...]
Crypto Trading Platform Uphold Exits Venezuela, Cites US Sanctions
The company said it made the decision because of the “increasing complexity of complying” with penalties imposed by the U.S.
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Biden Administration Offers Venezuela Minor Sanctions Relief
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Tuesday it would slightly loosen the crippling economic sanctions against Venezuela’s government to help re [...]
The US is considering easing restrictions on Chevron re Venezuela
The US admin is considering allowing Chevron to speak with
Venezuela's government.Lifting the ban on communication with senior members of th [...]
More on US – Venezuela oil talks – US wants the oil shipped to them directly
Earlier:Venezuela has released a US hostageThat's gotta be an encouraging sign!Reuters with more info on negotiations:
U.S. officials made clear t [...]
Venezuela Pegs Minimum Wages to National Cryptocurrency: Report
The venezuelan national cryptocurrency is based on the DASH blockchain, and has many characteristics of a CBDC.
www.coindesk.com [...]
Crypto Industry’s Sanctions Woes on Full Display in MetaMask’s Venezuela Hiccup
“Infura closely monitors changes to U.S. sanctions programs announced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control and narrowly tailors its internal contro [...]