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The US Treasury on Tuesday sanctioned the wife and close associates of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, according to a Yahoo News report. Cilia Adela Flores of Maduro, formerly attorney general, and other members of Maduro's inner circle will be confiscated their US assets, and it is now forbidden for US companies to do business with them. "The Treasury will continue to impose a financial burden on those responsible for Venezuela's tragic decline, as well as the networks and front-line men they use to mask their illicit wealth," said US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. President Maduro received the same sentences on July 31, 2017, alongside the President of the National Constituent Assembly of Venezuela. The Treasury said the sanctions could be lifted if those named "take concrete and significant steps to restore the democratic order, refuse to take part in human rights violations, denounce abuses committed by the government and fight against corruption in Venezuela. answered negatively sanctions against his wife, calling the United States "cowards".
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