President Obama has signed a new measure allowing him to impose sanctions on Venezuelan officials involved in a crackdown on anti-government protesters. The law lets Obama deny visas and freeze assets of those accused in the violence earlier this year, which left dozens of people dead from both sides of Venezuela’s political divide. Obama has also signed a measure allowing new sanctions against Russia, but says he does not plan to impose them yet.
Obama Signs Sanctions Bills on Venezuela, Russia
HeadlineDec 19, 2014