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Mérida, December 19, 2020 (venezuelanalysis.com) – The US Treasury Department has sanctioned a technology service provider for its involvement in Venezuelan elections.
The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) blacklisted Ex-Cle Soluciones Biometricas on Friday for “providing goods and services” used to carry out the recent legislative elections in Venezuela.
“The United States remains committed to targeting the Maduro regime and those who support its aim to deny the Venezuelan people their right to free and fair elections,” Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said in a statement, echoing the Trump administration’s claim that the vote was “fraudulent.”
Apart from the company, Argentine-Italian dual national Guillermo San Agustin and Venezuelan citizen Marcos Machado were likewise targeted as co-directors and shareholders. Ex-Cle, San Agustin and Machado will now see any US-based assets where they hold a stake larger than 50 percent blocked. In add