The United States issued a new round of sanctions against Venezuela on Sept. 25, hours before President Donald Trump excoriated the socialist regime in his speech before the United Nations General Assembly.
The State Department sanctioned Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro, the wife of socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro, as well as several current and former Venezuelan officials. Hours later, Trump called on members of the UN to join the United States in a call to restore democracy in Venezuela.
