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06 August 20194.18 Donald Trump orders the blocking of the assets of the government of Venezuela in the United States. The president has signed an order freezing the assets of the government and prohibiting transactions with the Venezuelan executive except for explicit exceptions. It is the first time in 30 years that the US imposes such stringent measures on a country in the Western hemisphere. With the order Venezuela is put on par with North Korea, Iran, Syria and Cuba, the only countries to be subjected to such stringent measures.