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In photos: The growing list of Venezuelan officials sanctioned by the US
Officially branded by the US as "dictator", Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro heads the Treasury Department's list, closely followed by vice president Tareck El Aissami, socialist party boss Diosdado Cabello, eight magistrates of the Judiciary, the heads of the electoral and ethical councils, military officers and members of the National Constituent Assembly.
Nicolás Maduro, president of Venezuela, was added to the list July 31, 2017. The government of Donald Trump declared Maduro "a dictator", after elections for a National Constituent Assembly usurping the previously elected opposition controlled legislature. "As a result of today's actions, all of Nicolás Maduro's assets subject to the jurisdiction of the United States are frozen and the Americans are barred from making deals with him," the Treasury Department said.
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Diosdado Cabello, the No. 2 strong man of Chavismo in Venezuela, heads the ruling Socialist Party. The United States Department of the Treasury included him in the list of sanctions on March 18, 2018.
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Tareck El Aissami, vice president of Venezuela. He was one of the first to be included on the Treasury Dept list in February 2017. According to an investigation by the Treasury Department, he accumulated $500 million in illicit bank accounts and property, much of it in the United States, including a Miami mansion.
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Adán Chávez, left, the older brother of the late President Hugo Chávez, right, is the secretary of the Presidential Commission for the National Constituent Assembly. He was former Minister of Culture and former governor of Barinas state.
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Tibisay Lucena, president of the National Electoral Council. In addition to organizing the elections for the National Constituent Assembly, she blocked efforts to hold a recall referendum against President Maduro. In the photo Lucena receives a replica of the sword of the Venezuelan hero Simon Bolivar, as a reward for having been included in a list of U.S. sanctions.
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Rodolfo Marco Torres. Governor of the state of Aragua. Former Minister of Food and Minister of Economy, Finance and Public Banking. He is a member of the boards of the Central Bank of Venezuela - the first military officer to hold that position - and of the state oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA).
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Elías Jaua, former vice president of Venezuela and head of the constituent presidential commission. He also received a replica of Simon Bolivar's sword on July 27, after being included on the Treasury Department list.
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Tarek William Saab, former Ombudsman, he was named Attorney general by the new National Constituent Assembly.
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Hermann Escarrá, constitutional lawyer, member of the Presidential Commission for the National Constituent Assembly. He was elected to the assembly for the municipality of Zamora, in the state of Miranda.
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Iris Varela, former Minister of Penal Affairs, was also decorated with the replica of Bolívar's sword.
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Carlos Alfredo Pérez Ampueda, comandante de la Policía Nacional Bolivariana.
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Jesús Suárez Chourio, head of the Army.
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Néstor Luis Reverol, Minister of Interior and Justice.
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Francisco Ameliach, member of the Presidential Commission for the National Constituent Assembly. He was elected assemblyman for the city of Valencia, in Carabobo State. He was previously governor of Carabobo.
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Carlos Erik Malpica Flores, tesorero nacional y sobrino de la primera dama.
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Francisco Rangel Gómez, Governor of Bolívar State since 2004.
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Bladimir Humberto Lugo, coronel de la Guardia Nacional Bolivariana. Comandante de la unidad especial para el Palacio Federal Legislativo.
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Erika Farías. Lidera la estructura electoral y mecánica del Comando Constituyente Zamora 200, promotor de la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente. Fue elegida asambleista por el municipio Ezequiel Zamora del Estado Cojedes. Fue Ministra de Agricultura Urbana.
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Carmen Melendez, coordinator of Comando Constituent Zamora 200. She was elected as an assembly member for the municipality of Iribarren in Lara State. Former Interior and Defense ministry official.
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Isaias Rodríguez, Ambassador of Venezuela in Italy, and former Vice President of the National Constituent Assembly and Attorney General of the Republic.
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Gerardo Izquierdo Torres, Ministro de Estado para la Nueva Frontera de Paz.
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Fabio Enrique Zavarse Pabón, senior military chief for the 'Economic Battle' and a regional commander of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB), in Caracas.
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Alejandro Fleming, Minister of Commerce.
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Sergio Rivero Marcano, chief of the National Guard.
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Darío Vivas, a cargo del equipo de movilización permanente del Comando Constituyente Zamora 200. Fue elegido asambleísta por el municipio Vargas, Estado Vargas. En ese mismo estado había sido elegido diputado del Parlamento suspendido por la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente.
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Simón Zerpa, vice president of Finance, PdVSA.
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Franklin García Duque, exdirector de la Policía Nacional Bolivariana.
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Tania D'Amelio, member of the National Electoral Council.
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Rocco Albisinni, presisdent of the National Center for Foreign Commerce.
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Sandra Oblitas, vice president of the Naitonla Electoral Council.
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Socorro Hernández, member of the National Electoral Council.
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Freddy Bernal, Minister of Urban Agriculture. He is the national director of the Local Supply and Production Committees (CLAP), which distributes food to the population of Venezuela. Seen here with former Spanish President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
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Ernesto Villegas, Minister of Culture, ex-Minister of Information and ex-president of the pro-goverment TV channel Venezolana de Televisión.
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Elvis Amoroso (l)), second vicepresident of the National Constituent Assembly.
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