Tag: sanctions

• Saturday, March 5th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Financial sanctions on Russia expected to hit harder on its ally Venezuela

  

  Measures and sanctions targeting Russia's economy and banking system because of its military invasion of Ukraine, are having a great impact in world trade but the situation is anticipated will be particularly worse for some Latin American countries close to Moscow and the Vladimir Putin regime.

• Tuesday, March 1st 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  “China does not agree with unilateral sanctions that lack the basis of international law”, foreign ministry spokesperson

  

  China's foreign ministry spokesperson during the daily media conference called for an end to the Cold War mentality and emphasized that Beijing does not agree to resolve issues with sanctions that lack the basis of international law.

• Monday, November 15th 2021 - 18:40 UTC

  Nicaragua: UK and US announce new sanctions against the country after elections

  

  The US Treasury Department and the United Kingdom announced new sanctions against members of the Nicaraguan government in retaliation for the controversial presidential elections held on 7 November.

• Friday, August 20th 2021 - 18:30 UTC

  US sanctions Cuban officers involved in repression against their own people

  

  The United States sanctioned on Thursday three high ranking Cuban officials, the fourth round of punitive measures, in reply to the violent repression of anti-government protests that started on 11 July and shook the island's elite.

• Friday, December 11th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  UK announces travel bans and asset freezes for human rights violators

  

  The United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Secretary announced travel bans and asset freezes for 11 Russian, Venezuelan, Gambian and Pakistani human rights violators.

• Thursday, November 19th 2020 - 08:26 UTC

  Trump administration tightens the noose on Cuba: bans charter flights with alleged humanitarian cargo

  

  The U.S. Transportation Department said on Wednesday it is denying exemptions for two charter flight companies to deliver humanitarian cargo to Cuba, the latest crackdown by the Trump administration.

• Monday, September 28th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Libya's Hariga port resumes loading export oil after an eight month blockade

  

  An oil tanker is expected to load crude at Libya's Marsa el-Hariga terminal this week, the first since a blockade by eastern forces in January slashed the OPEC member's oil production to a trickle.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  US imposes more sanctions on Iran and Maduro, and demands Europe follows suit

  

  The United States said on Monday it was imposing sanctions on Iran's defense ministry and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro under a contested UN authority and demanded that Europe follow suit.

• Tuesday, June 30th 2020 - 10:36 UTC

  Venezuela expels EU ambassador after the block imposes sanctions on eleven Maduro regime officials

  

  Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro on Monday gave the head of the European Union mission in Caracas, Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa, 72 hours to leave the country after the bloc announced sanctions against 11 Venezuelan officials.

• Tuesday, June 23rd 2020 - 11:55 UTC

  Mexico freezes bank accounts of companies blacklisted by US for evading sanctions against Venezuela

  

  The Mexican government’s financial crime department has frozen the bank accounts of companies and people blacklisted by the United States under accusations of having evaded the sanction regime imposed on Venezuela, its chief said on Friday.