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83 FR 9415 - Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Venezuela
83 FR 9415 - Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Venezuela
Executive Office of the President
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 43 (March 5, 2018)
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9415-9415
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2018-04627
Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 43 (Monday, March 5, 2018)
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Notice of March 2, 2018
Continuation of the National Emergency With
Respect to Venezuela
On March 8, 2015, the President issued Executive Order
13692, declaring a national emergency with respect to
the situation in Venezuela based on the Government of
Venezuela's erosion of human rights guarantees,
persecution of political opponents, curtailment of
press freedoms, use of violence and human rights
violations and abuses in response to antigovernment
protests, and arbitrary arrest and detention of
antigovernment protestors, as well as the exacerbating
presence of significant government corruption.
On August 24, 2017, I issued Executive Order 13808 to
take additional steps with respect to the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 13692,
particularly in light of recent actions and policies of
the Government of Venezuela, including serious abuses
of human rights and fundamental freedoms;
responsibility for the deepening humanitarian crisis in
Venezuela; establishment of an illegitimate Constituent
Assembly, which usurped the power of the democratically
elected National Assembly and other branches of the
Government of Venezuela; rampant public corruption; and
ongoing repression and persecution of, and violence
toward, the political opposition.
The circumstances described in Executive Order 13692
and Executive Order 13808 have not improved, and they
continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to
the national security and foreign policy of the United
States. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of
the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am
continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared
in Executive Order 13692.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register
and transmitted to the Congress.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 2, 2018.
[FR Doc. 2018-04627
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