Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Venezuela

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 43 (Monday, March 5, 2018)]

[Presidential Documents]

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[FR Doc No: 2018-04627]

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Federal Register / Vol. 83 , No. 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,

nitarian 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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