US Says All Venezuela Sanctions Are on Table If Maduro Reneges
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Nicolas Maduro
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The Biden administration is prepared to revoke all licenses recently awarded to Venezuela if Nicolás Maduro doesn’t present a path toward fairer elections by the end of November.
US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian Nichols said “everything is on the table,” including revoking recently issued licenses allowing the export of Venezuelan oil and gas. The gesture of goodwill came as response to the signing of an electoral roadmap agreement between the Maduro government and the opposition.