Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro speaks during the closing campaign ahead of the referendum for the defense of the Essequibo territory, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Dec. 1, 2023. Pedro Rances Mattey/AFP via Getty Images
The Biden administration has decided not to renew the sanction-lifting general license with Venezuela.
Senior administration officials said on April 17 that the Nicolás Maduro regime in Venezuela failed to meet the conditions set in the Barbados Agreement signed in October 2023, specifically in ensuring free and fair elections later this year.
T.J. Muscaro is an award-winning reporter and NASA Correspondent for The Epoch Times, covering the Artemis program, Space Force, and other public and private ambitions within the growing space industry. Based in Tampa, Florida, he also covers stories of extreme weather and disaster relief, as well as various matters of national and international politics.
