U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Venezuelas Cavim Arms Company Feb 13th 2013, by Jose Orozco - Bloomberg [image: Cavim bullets (Union Radio)]
Cavim bullets (Union Radio) Bloomberg - The U.S. imposed sanctions on a state-owned Venezuelan weapons company after it traded with Iran, North Korea or Syria, the State Department said in a statement<http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/02/204013.htm> posted on its website. The U.S. sanctioned the Venezuelan Military Industry Company under the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act, known as INKSNA. The sanctions, which the statement didnt detail, expire in February, 2015. The U.S. also penalized companies or individuals in Belarus, China, Iran, Sudan and Syria, according to the statement. There was credible information indicating they had transferred to, or acquired from, Iran, North Korea, or Syria, equipment and technology, the State Department said yesterday. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez<http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Hugo%20Chavez&site=wnews&client=wnews&proxystylesheet=wnews&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=p&getfields=wnnis&sort=date:D:S:d1&partialfields=-wnnis:NOAVSYND&lr=-lang_ja>, who is receiving treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer in Cuba, has angered the U.S. by building close ties with Iran and Syria. Chavez has visited Iran nine times during his 14 years in power and signed more than 100 accords with Iran for everything from a Venezuelan campaign to build low-income homes to a joint venture to manufacture bicycles. The U.S. imposed sanctions on Petroleos de Venezuela SA, the state oil company, in 2011 for working with Irans energy industry. According to the State Department, PDVSA, as the company is known, sent two cargoes of gasoline additives worth $50 million to Iran from December 2010 to March 2011. No one was immediately available at the Venezuelan Military Industry Co. when called today by Bloomberg seeking comment. - *Venezuelanalysis.com note: The Venezuelan government has emphasised on numerous ocassions that its relationship with Iran is peaceful. Iran has supplied Venezuela with materials that have been used in Venezuela's housing construction program.* *In 2011 the Venezuelan government and many Latin American countries also rejected US sanctions applied to Venezuela's oil company, PDVSA. President Hugo Chavez referred to those sanctions as "US aggression" and the Venezuela government stated it would refuse to adhere to decisions by the US government over Venezuela's oil activity.* ------------------------------ *Source URL (retrieved on 13/02/2013 - 12:50pm):* http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/7752 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
