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In the 4th century BC, the ancient Sanskrit treatise, the Arthashastra, said 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend.' According to Business Insider, Iran and Venezuela may be taking that to heart as their relationship grows ever closer. While the nations are US President Donald Trump's most frequent foreign-policy targets, Iran has been sending oil tankers directly to Venezuela. In September, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the US would place more sanctions on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Pompeo accused Maduro's government of working with Tehran 'to flout the UN arms embargo.' US officials say intervening to stop Iranian tankers from reaching Venezuela was an option, raising concerns Trump may seek a confrontation before the election.
US president Donald Trump says that all options are open when it comes to Venezuela and that the US hasn't done the toughest sanctions yet, but 'can go a lot tougher if we need to do that.' SOUNDBITE
US President Donald Trump calls on the European Union to sanction the Maduro regime with regard to the ongoing crisis in Venezuela. The comments came during a press conference with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, just days after President Trump issued a new travel ban that added Venezuela to a list of eight countries cited for poor security and lack of cooperation with US authorities. SOUNDBITE
On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to scale back the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial regulatory framework put in place by his predecessor as a direct response to the financial crisis. In a Friday press briefing, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer called the Dodd-Frank Act a "disastrous policy." The new administration is aiming for a broad range of financial reforms, ranging from back rules consumer protections.
A handful of supporters of Donald Trump gather outside the Manhattan Criminal Court where the former US president is due to be arraigned in a hush-money payment case. Other protesters unfurl a banner reading "Trump lies all the time." IMAGES
Caracas, Aug 24 (EFE).- The Venezuelan government has provided the International Criminal Court (ICC) with evidence of the damage done by the sanctions the United States has imposed on the oil-rich Latin American nation, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said.(Camera: IVAN CARDENAS)STATEMENTS BY THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA, DELCY RODRÍGUEZ (IN SPANISH)TRANSLATIONS:1. The prosecution of the international criminal court (presented) a report containing evidence on the damage caused by the coercive, unilateral measures against the Venezuelan people.2. In the same way, we have obtained information on how (the sanctions) affected the medicine-producing industry in Venezuela. More than half the medicine-producing transnationals in the country left as of 2016 and this is the drop we see in drug production.3. And yesterday with this report we were showing the effect and the damage caused. In legal matters it can be said that we have completed the cycle. We have completed the cycle to demonstrate that there are reasonable causes in this referral made by the international criminal court to affirm that a crime against humanity has been committed against the Venezuelan people.
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