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House Lawmakers Clear Way to Blacklist Venezuelan Officials
By Kira Zalan
printThe U.S. House of Representatives passed a measure Wednesday clearing the way for financial sanctions against Venezuelan officials implicated in the country's violent crackdown on antigovernment demonstrators. In a voice vote, the lawmakers approved the Venezuelan Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014, a measure that would empower the White House to block the assets and prohibit property transactions of designated Venezuelans and those who may have provided them with material support. The U.S. Senate approved the bill earlier in the week. If signed and implemented, the legislation would "increase the number of entities and individuals that...
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