End of auction discussion?? Off the table?
"Trump orders to freeze all assets of the Venezuelan government in the US.
"Washington .- President Donald Trump ordered Monday to freeze all the assets of the Venezuelan government in the United States, in Washington's last onslaught against President Nicolás Maduro.
"I decided that it is necessary to block the properties of the Venezuelan government due to the continuation of the usurpation of power by the illegitimate regime of Nicolás Maduro," Trump said in a letter to the head of the House of Representatives, Democrat Nancy Pelosi.
The order affects "all assets and interests owned by the Venezuelan government in the United States," assets that are now "blocked and cannot be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn or managed," the order said.
The measure also prohibits transactions with Venezuelan authorities whose assets are blocked. t also vetoes the granting or receipt of "any contribution or provision of funds, goods or services by or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests are blocked under this order."
