English/Español: Rubio Welcomes Sanctions Against Entities Transporting Venezuelan Oil to Cuba

Statement

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) issued the following statement after the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), pursuant to Executive Order 13850, imposed sanctions against four entities that operate in the Venezuelan oil sector and four vessels that transport oil from Venezuela to Cuba:

"The pressure from the United States against Nicolás Maduro and his enablers must continue. I strongly support the Trump administration's efforts to hold accountable entities who are providing a lifeline to the illegitimate regimes in Venezuela and Cuba. We must use all tools available under U.S. law to counter despotic regimes in our hemisphere that continue to erode democracy and human rights in the region as well as undermine the security and stability of our hemisphere."

Rubio is the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues.

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