[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 45 (Friday, March 6, 2020)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 13473-13474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04822]
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Vol. 85
Friday,
No. 45
March 6, 2020
Part VIII
The President
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Notice of March 5, 2020--Continuation of the National Emergency With
Respect to Venezuela
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The President
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Notice of March 5, 2020
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, to address
serious abuses of human rights and fundamental
freedoms; the deepening humanitarian crisis in
Venezuela; the 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.
On March 19, 2018, I issued Executive Order 13827 to
take additional steps, with respect to the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 13692, to address
actions taken by the Maduro regime to attempt to
circumvent United States sanctions by issuing a digital
currency in a process that Venezuela's democratically-
elected National Assembly denounced as unlawful.
On May 21, 2018, I issued Executive Order 13835 to take
additional steps, with respect to the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 13692, to address
actions of the Maduro regime, including endemic
economic mismanagement and public corruption at the
expense of the Venezuelan people and their prosperity,
and repression of the political opposition; attempts to
undermine democratic order by holding snap elections
that were neither free nor fair; and the deepening
humanitarian and public health crisis in Venezuela.
On November 1, 2018, I issued Executive Order 13850 to
take additional steps, with respect to the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 13692, to address
actions by the Maduro regime and associated persons to
plunder Venezuela's wealth for their own corrupt
purposes; degrade Venezuela's infrastructure and
natural environment through economic mismanagement and
confiscatory mining and industrial practices; and
catalyze a regional migration crisis by neglecting the
basic needs of the Venezuelan people.
On January 25, 2019, I issued Executive Order 13857 to
take additional steps, with respect to the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 13692, to address
actions by persons affiliated with the illegitimate
Maduro regime, including human rights violations and
abuses in response to anti-Maduro protests; arbitrary
arrest and detention of anti-Maduro protestors;
curtailment of press freedom; harassment of political
opponents; and continued attempts to undermine the
Interim President of Venezuela and undermine the
National Assembly, the only legitimate branch of
government duly elected by the Venezuelan people, and
to prevent the Interim President and the National
Assembly from exercising legitimate authority in
Venezuela.
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On August 5, 2019, I issued Executive Order 13884 that
imposed a full economic block on the Government of
Venezuela, with respect to the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13692, for its continued
human rights abuses, including the arbitrary or
unlawful arrest and detention of Venezuelan citizens,
interference with freedom of expression, including for
members of the media, and ongoing attempts to undermine
the Interim President of Venezuela and Venezuelan
National Assembly's exercise of legitimate authority in
Venezuela.
The circumstances described in Executive Order 13692,
and subsequent Executive Orders issued with respect to
Venezuela, have not improved, and these circumstances
in Venezuela 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 5, 2020.
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