Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza Condemned by Washington, Moscow Protests

Washington has once again raised the bar on Friday with the regime of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, imposing sanctions on his head of diplomacy, which prompted the strong reaction of Russia, ally of Caracas.

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza has been ostracized from the international financial system (in dollars) and his US holdings have been frozen by the US Treasury, which placed the diplomat on his black list of financial sanctions.

"The Treasury will continue to target corrupt supporters in Maduro, including those in charge of diplomacy and justice on behalf of this illegitimate regime," said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

The US ministry has hinted that these officials "transfer and conceal the proceeds of corruption by trying to exploit the US financial system and its real estate market".....