Venezuela's government pulled out of Norwegian mediated talks with the political opposition, in the wake of new U.S. sanctions. President Nicolás Maduro characterized the new measures, which froze all Venezuelan government assets in the U.S. and prohibit transactions with its officials, as an "economic blockade." The government cannot dialogue with people who celebrated the "criminal" move he said. (
Maduro pulls out of Barbados talks (Aug. 8, 2019)
Maduro pulls out of Barbados talks (Aug. 8…
Maduro pulls out of Barbados talks (Aug. 8, 2019)
Venezuela's government pulled out of Norwegian mediated talks with the political opposition, in the wake of new U.S. sanctions. President Nicolás Maduro characterized the new measures, which froze all Venezuelan government assets in the U.S. and prohibit transactions with its officials, as an "economic blockade." The government cannot dialogue with people who celebrated the "criminal" move he said. (