Canada imposes sanctions on 5 Venezuelan officers

OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada imposed sanctions on 5 present or former senior officers of the Venezuelan authorities on Tuesday, saying the people had engaged in actions that undermine democracy within the nation.

The Canadian international ministry mentioned in a press release the sanction targets “have been implicated in fraudulently declaring Nicolas Maduro the winner of the July 28, 2024, presidential election.”

These focused embrace Caryslia Beatriz Rodríguez, the top of Venezuela’s high court docket, the Supreme Justice Tribunal.

Neither the communications ministry nor the court docket responded instantly to requests for touch upon the measures.

President Maduro and his authorities have all the time rejected sanctions by the US and others, saying they’re illegitimate measures that quantity to an “financial warfare” designed to cripple Venezuela. Maduro and his allies have cheered what they are saying is the nation’s resilience regardless of the measures, although they’ve traditionally blamed some financial hardships and shortages on sanctions.

“Canada stays deeply involved by the Maduro regime’s destabilizing and anti-democratic actions and the menace they pose to Venezuelans and the area,” the Canadian international ministry mentioned.