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The United States says it is imposing sanctions on Iran's defense ministry and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro under a UN authority which is widely contested. "For nearly two years corrupt officials in Tehran have worked with the illegitimate regime in Venezuela to flout the UN arms embargo," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells reporters. "Our actions today are a warning that should be heard worldwide." SOUNDBITE
Havana, Dec 14 (EFE). The president of Venezuela on Saturday announced the relaunch of the so-called Petrocaribe program, under which the country supplies oil to other Caribbean countries on favorable financing terms, in 2020.Nicolas Maduro, while speaking at the closing event of the 17th Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) summit, said that his country would "relaunch the Petrocaribe project in the first half of 2020 with great vigor."He added that the project was fundamental for the energy security of Caribbean nations.The announcement comes amid mounting pressure on the Venezuelan oil industry from the United States, which has been increasingly imposing sanctions on the state-run PDVSA oil corporation, vessels and shipping companies that transport fuel from the company to Cuba. (Camera: FELIPE BORREGO)FOOTAGE SHOWS B-ROLL OF THE CLOSING EVENT OF THE 17TH BOLIVARIAN ALLIANCE FOR THE PEOPLE OF OUR AMERICA (ALBA) SUMMIT. CONTAINS B-ROLL OF CUBAN PRESIDENT MIGUEL DÍAZ CANEL. SOUND BITES: NICOLAS MADURO, PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA. (IN SPANISHTranslation:(00:03:51.02 - 00:04:05.12) "We have decided to relaunch the Petrocaribe project with great force during the first half of the year 2020, which is a fundamental project of the definitive energy security of the Caribbean".
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announces he is closing Venezuela's embassy and consulates in the US, stepping up his diplomatic row with the United States after receiving renewed backing from the country's powerful military high command. SOUNDBITE
Colombian President Gustavo Petro arrives in Caracas to meet with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro. The visit comes a week after Petro called the disqualification of opposition candidates in Venezuela's presidential election an "undemocratic coup." IMAGES
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro arrives at the National Electoral Council in Caracas to formally registers as a candidate in the country's 2024 presidential elections. IMAGES
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro greets his onetime confidant, Colombian businessman Alex Saab, who arrived in Venezuela after being released from a US prison as part of a prisoner swap deal between Washington and Caracas. IMAGES
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