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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 17 February 2017

US designates Venezuela’s vice-president as narcotics trafficker

Venezuela’s Vice-President Tareck El Aissami has become the most senior government official in Venezuela – and indeed one of the most senior of any country – added by the US Treasury Department to its list of foreign nationals subject to economic sanctions. The move has slightly weakened the notion that US-Venezuelan relations might take a turn for the better under the new administration led by President Donald Trump.

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