US imposes sanctions on Venezuela's foreign minister Jorge Arreaza
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on Venezuelan foreign minister Jorge Arreaza in an attempt to pressure President Nicolas Maduro's regime.
The United States "will continue to target corrupt Maduro insiders, including those tasked with conducting diplomacy and carrying out justice on behalf of this illegitimate regime," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement.
"Treasury will continue to target corrupt Maduro insiders, including those tasked with conducting diplomacy and carrying out justice on behalf of this illegitimate regime," Mnuchin added.
The US Treasury had earlier slapped sanctions on the country's mining company CVG Compania General de Mineria de Venezuela CA, or Minerven, and its president Adrian Antonio Perdomo Mata.
The United States and more than 50 other countries recognise opposition leader Juan Guaido, the head of the National Assembly, as the country's rightful president.
The Trump administration had also sanctioned Venezuela's state oil company, its biggest source of income with the Treasury adding that Maduro had turned to gold mining as a crucial source of hard cash.
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As the US and Brazil tried to push aid into the country last month, it was stopped by the Maduro government, as a result the US imposed sanctions on six Venezuelan security officials for obstructing aid that Washington had tried to force in as part of its effort to support the country's opposition leader against President Nicolas Maduro.
The US had also imposed sanctions on four Venezuelan states aligned with embattled President Nicolas Maduro for standing in the way of humanitarian aid shipments.