Subject: It was coming
Venezuela didn't live up to it's part of the deal on freer and fairer elections, so sanctions are being reimposed. This is one of Almo's (Mexico) sticking points om whether he cooperates in keeping people coming up from the Guatemalan border. He showed he could reduce that passage by 50% in December. The other's were the embargo on Cuba, 10 million visas for Latin American workers already in the USA, and one other thing I've forgotten. Amlo is headed out, Mexico elections June 2, but his successor, Claudia Sheinbaum (Former Mayor Mexico City), is 20 points ahead in the polls. It remains to be seen how well she will cooperate with our border problem.
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SNIP The United States is renewing sanctions on Venezuela's oil industry, after easing some of the penalties for six months in return for assurances the South American country would hold free and fair elections this year.

Senior U.S. officials said the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro had "fallen short" of that commitment and continues its "repression" of opponents.

The U.S. had agreed to lift certain sanctions for a half-year period after the Maduro government met with Venezuelan political opposition leaders in Barbados in October last year. The Barbados accord outlined a roadmap to make the July 28 election more competitive.

The deal included a legal process for reinstating banned presidential candidates. But the main opposition hopeful, María Corina Machado, remains barred from running, a replacement contender was prevented from registering her candidacy and members of the opposition have been arrested. Most polls indicate that Machado would win any free and fair election by a landslide.SNIP


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