WASHINGTON � The State Department said Tuesday that it had given the
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaid� the right to control assets and property in the United States bank accounts of the government of Venezuela.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave the certification to Mr. Guaid� last Friday, two days after Mr. Guaid� declared himself interim president,
but the United States government had kept it secret until now. The move
is part of a campaign by President Trump and his top foreign policy
officials to oust President Nicol�s Maduro, an authoritarian leader who
is serving a second six-year term after elections last year that many
have denounced as illegitimate.
�This certification will help Venezuela�s legitimate government
safeguard those assets for the benefit of the Venezuelan people,� said
Robert Palladino, a State Department spokesman.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/us/politics/venezuela-bank-accounts-guaido-pompeo.html
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