The United States announced the blocking of US $ 7 billion of PDVSA's assets

The United States has imposed sanctions on the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA, thus reinforcing the pressure on the regime of Nicolás Maduro, unknown to the opposition and Washington, as well as a much of the international community.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, however, said that The subsidiary of PDVSA in the United States, Citgo, can continue its activities, provided that its profits are deposited in a blocked account in the United States..

"The PDVSA designation will help prevent future disposals of Venezuelan badets by Maduro and keep these badets for the Venezuelan people. The way to suspend these sanctions against PDVSA is through a quick transfer of control to the acting president or a democratically elected government, "Mnuchin told a press conference at the White House.

The Treasury Secretary pointed out that "with immediate effect, for any Venezuelan oil purchase, the money will have to go to blocked accounts". "The United States holds those responsible for the tragic decline of Venezuela responsible," he added.

Like this, The United States maintains Venezuelan oil purchases, of which they are one of the main recipients, but the resulting funds will be controlled by Juan Guaidó., recognized by Washington as acting president of Venezuela against Maduro.

"We continued to denounce the corruption of (Venezuelan President Nicolás) Maduro and his friends, and Today's measure guarantees that they will no longer be able to plunder the badets of the Venezuelan people. "Said John Bolton, National Security Advisor to the White House.

"From that moment, we began to take control of the progressive and orderly badets of our Republic abroad, in order to prevent the exit (…) of the usurper and the his group looking for "scratching the pot" (exhaust) "he said in a statement broadcast on social networks.