First "punishment" by the US to Nicolás Maduro for the disqualification of María Corina Machado. The Treasury Department has ordered to reverse the flexibility granted to the public company Corporación Venezolana de Guayana Minerven.

Minerven was one of the great beneficiaries of the flexibility undertaken by the Joe Biden government after the Barbados Agreement between the government and the opposition last year by allowing all transactions. With the new license made public today, Monday, all operations with Minerven will be closed before February 13.