The Assembly of Caribbean People is dismayed and outraged, but not surprised at the new economic embargo imposed by American President Donald Trump against the people of Venezuela. This move, signed on August 5th, 2019, freezes all Venezuelan government assets in the United States and barred transactions with its authorities. It is the Venezuelan people who own those assets. Who do these authorities represent if not the Venezuelan people? This is a move calculated to cause increasing harm to a nation that is already under siege. 

Bolton aspira que bloqueo «funcione» en Venezuela como lo hizo en Panamá y Nicaragua

John Bolton, asesor de seguridad de la Casa Blanca, se refirió a la orden ejecutiva que congela todos los activos de Venezuela firmada por Trump este lunes y señaló que, así como este tipo de estrategia funcionó en Panamá y en Nicaragua para deponer gobiernos, lo hará ahora «en Venezuela y Cuba».