US Seizes Venezuelan President Maduro’s $25 Million Private Jet Amid Sanctions Crackdown

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Venezuela's President
Venezuela’s President

Venezuela's President
Venezuela’s President

Since then, Maduro has not admitted to any misdoing and has also blamed the U. S. for an economic war against the South American country. His government has often blamed the sanctions saying that they are the result of the country’s poor economy. However, most of these economist agree that the economic meltdown in Venezuela is partly as a result of mismanagement and corruption in Maduro’s government.

US officials say the grounding of Maduro’s plane is one of its big success stories that illustrates its determination to bring the Venezuelan government to account. It helps to convey a ‘message’ to other nations and any other people who may harbor or consider engaging in business with Maduro or, even, his cronies. However, the U. S. government has said that it will remain to implement the sanction and act on any individual that is trying to avoid it.

This activity also partly underscores the conflict that the U. S has with Venezuela. The two countries are bitter rivals and for several years, Washington has spearheaded initiatives on the international community to cripple Maduro’s administration. Sanctions and diplomatic pressure policies of the Biden administration have also restricted further the policy developed under the previous presidents.

In the following weeks, it is anticipated that the U. S will ramp up pressure on Venezuela especially with the approaching of a possible election in that country. This is an indication that the international community will keenly wait and observe how things are going to unfold and whether the sanctions will bring the wanted change in Venezuela.

For the meantime, the confiscation of Maduro’s aircraft is another page in the history of the contentious relation between the U. S. and Venezuela. Still, one wonders how Maduro will react to this most recent move, but that, in return, the U. S. government has left no uncertainty as to its intentions of maintaining the sanctions’ pressure on Venezuela and calling the nation to account for its deeds.

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