US slaps de facto oil ban on Venezuela

With new sanctions on Venezuela's state-owned oil major PDVSA, the Trump administration deals its toughest blow yet to Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, essentially blocking the country from exporting crude oil to the US.
Photo: Ritzau Scanpix/Reuters
Photo: Ritzau Scanpix/Reuters
BY SALEHA MOHSIN AND JENNIFER EPSTEIN, BLOOMBERG

The Trump administration dealt its toughest blow yet to the authoritarian Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, issuing new sanctions on the nation's state-owned oil company PDVSA that effectively block his regime from exporting crude to the US.

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