WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced on April 5 its latest round of economic sanctions against the government of President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, this time aimed at oil shipments between Venezuela and Cuba, a country that the administration has accused of propping up Mr. Maduro’s authoritarian government.
New York Times: New US sanctions seek to block Venezuelan oil shipments to Cuba
A fisherman hauls in his net in Lake Maracaibo in the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo, on March 15, 2019.