Oil Tycoon Pushes For Venezuela Sanctions

The U.S. has stepped up sanctions against Venezuelan
individuals in the wake of the July vote in Venezuela aimed at
rewriting the constitution, which is further eroding democracy in
the country with the world’s largest proved oil reserves. Further
sanctions— namely against Venezuela’s oil industry by imposing a
ban on U.S. imports of Venezuelan crude— are not off the table
either, as the U.S. contemplates additional measures to stymie the
progress of Nicolas Maduro’s authoritarian regime.    The
possibility…

The U.S. has stepped up sanctions against Venezuelan
individuals in the wake of the July vote in Venezuela aimed at
rewriting the constitution, which is further eroding democracy in
the country with the world’s largest proved oil reserves. Further
sanctions— namely against Venezuela’s oil industry by imposing a
ban on U.S. imports of Venezuelan crude— are not off the table
either, as the U.S. contemplates additional measures to stymie the
progress of Nicolas Maduro’s authoritarian regime.    The
possibility…