“Today we took further action against the attempts of Maduro and Cuba to steal the natural resources of Venezuela for our own enrichment,” he wrote on Twitter.
In a statement by the US Department of State, tankers carrying oil from Venezuela to Cuba are owned by PDVSA, the state-owned Venezuelan oil and gas company. We are talking about the tankers Icaro, Luisa Caceres de Arismendi, Manuela Saenz, Paramaconi, Terepaima, Yare.
Earlier, the US Department of State included in the sanctions lists Cuban Home Secretary Julio Gandarilla in connection with his “involvement in gross violations of human rights” in Venezuela.