Recalibrating the use of individual sanctions in Venezuela

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Most of these thirty were sanctioned by the United States months or years before they were sanctioned by Canada and the EU.
52% : One way to tighten the strategy for individual sanctions involves targeting more overseas assets of Venezuelans who have contributed to political and economic destabilization, and those of their family members and associates.
49% : Malpica Flores is also the nephew of current Venezuelan first lady Cilia Flores, and his delisting was reportedly part of an effort to induce the Venezuelan government to restart negotiations with the opposition -- and indeed, days later opposition and government representatives met in Oslo.
49% : In July 2023, the Treasury removed Carlos Rotondaro, former board president of the Venezuelan Institute of Social Security (IVSS), from the SDN list.
49% : Of the 175 US-sanctioned individuals, Canada sanctions seventy of the same individuals, while the EU sanctions forty-three.
43% : Neither Canada nor the EU has placed sanctions on any individuals sanctioned by the United States that we have classified as economic elites.
42% : Effectively pressuring the Venezuelan government will require innovative thinking on the use of individual sanctions from US authorities in both the outgoing Biden administration and incoming Trump administration, as well as careful coordination between the United States and Latin American and European governments.
42% : After Trump took office in January of 2017, the number of individual sanctions increased dramatically, with forty-one issued in 2017 alone.
42% : However, it is notable that the EU has not placed individual sanctions on Maduro himself.
41% : With Trump slated to return to the Oval Office, here's what policymakers should know about the use of individual sanctions -- and what can make Venezuela sanctions policy more effective.
33% : The eleven individuals sanctioned by the EU that are not sanctioned by the United States include people known to have committed human rights violations and officials contributing to the erosion of democracy and democratic institutions.

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