The US Treasury Department punished Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza

The US government imposed sanctions on Friday the Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jorge Arreaza; and the judge Carol Padilla, that she accuses of being involved in the arrest last March of Roberto Marrero, chief of the office of the opposition leader Juan Guaidó.

"The United States will not remain impbadive while the illegitimate regime of (Nicolás) Maduro deprives the Venezuelan people of its wealth, its humanity and its right to democracy, "said the Secretary of the Treasury, Steven Mnuchin, according to a statement.

As a result of the sanctions, the badets that these entities or subjects had in the United States are frozen and, moreover, the Americans have forbidden to carry out financial transactions with them.

Washington drives a series of sanctions against the government and several political and financial institutions of Venezuela, in its offensive for the recognition of the leader of the parliamentary leader Juan Guaidó, who was proclaimed in January interim president to consider that Maduro's second term lacked legitimacy.

After the recognition of Guaidó, the two countries have broken off diplomatic relations and there is a struggle who has the right to occupy the Venezuelan Embbady in Washington, currently occupied by left-wing activists in Maduro.

Arreaza warned Thursday of the UN in New York that if the United States were entering the Caracas Embbady in Washington, your country could perform a reciprocal action.

"Because of today's sanctions, all the properties of these people and all the properties that they own, directly or indirectly, 50% or more, that are in the United States or that are in position or under the control of people The United States is stuck, "said the Treasury Department.

The United States reiterated that such sanctions need not be permanent andChanging behaviour"

Venezuela, plunged into an economic crisis unprecedented in the recent history of the region, is since January a power struggle between Guaidó, recognized by more than 50 countries as interim president, and Maduro, supported by foreign countries . Russia and China.

At the same time, the country is experiencing the worst crisis in its modern history, with a hyperinflation expected of 10 000 000% this year and a shortage of essential goods which has caused the migration of more than 2.7 million people since 2015, according to the UN.