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Entgegen anders lautenden Medienberichten planen die USA keine Lockerungen der seit 2019 bestehenden Sanktionen gegen Venezuela. "Unsere Sanktionspolitik gegenüber Venezuela bleibt unverändert", sagte eine Sprecherin. (Archivbild)

The United States adheres to the policy of sanctions against Venezuela

“We will continue to enforce and enforce our sanctions against Venezuela,” White House National Security Council spokeswoman Adrian Watson said in a Wall Street Journal report on Wednesday.

She said the US government would ease some sanctions to allow Chevron, the last US oil producer still active in Venezuela, to resume production against the backdrop of the energy crisis. In return, controversial Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will resume talks with the opposition to hold free and fair presidential elections in 2024.

Watson said the sanctions policy against Venezuela would remain unchanged as long as Maduro “does not take constructive steps” to restore democracy.

Chevron has been banned from shipping Venezuelan oil from its joint ventures to the United States since 2020 and has been pushing for the ban to be lifted. The two countries cut diplomatic ties in 2019. The United States and dozens of other countries such as Germany did not recognize Maduro’s re-election in 2018. With the support of Russia, Cuba, China and Iran, Maduro has so far been able to stay in office.