United States expanded sanctions yesterday against companies that do business with Iran and whose transactions end up funding the nuclear program of the regime of the ayatollahs. In the list of companies reprimanded, the administration of Barack Obama included seven new companies including Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and the Ofer Brothers Group Israeli shipping.
The Venezuelan government expressed "strong repudiation" of the U.S. decision and announced that it will consider the implications of this measure to give "the appropriate response," Efe reported. Moreover, other sanctions imposed on 16 persons and companies involved in some way traffic ballistic technology and weapons of mass destruction, revealed yesterday the State Department.
Most of these sanctions have focused on Iran, China and North Korea. U.S. sanctions by Petroleos de Venezuela to sell gasoline to Iran, something that ends up being beneficial, says Washington, Tehran's nuclear program. A Venezuelan public company is prohibited from receiving any U.S. government contract, but is allowed to continue selling oil to the U.S.
or U.S. companies such as Citgo oil. Venezuela is the fifth country in the amount of oil exported to the United States, with about 900,000 barrels per day sold. Obama has recently allowed to increase penalties for companies that provide energy sources to Iran. Looking so the government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to open its nuclear facilities to international inspectors and prove that its use is peaceful and civil.
"Those who irresponsibly continue to support Iran's energy sector or aid Iran in its efforts to circumvent U.S. sanctions, they face serious consequences," said Deputy Secretary of State yesterday James Steinberg. "The Bolivarian government expresses its strong condemnation of this decision to constitute a hostile act outside the scope of international law, violated the principles enunciated in the Charter of the United Nations, said in response to the extent the Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro.
The president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, has also responded to the U.S. decision through its official account on Twitter. Ironically, commented on the sanctions "BienvenidasMrObama! NoOlvideQSomosLosHijosDeBolivar!" (Sic). Chavez has also supported the statements of Nicholas and added that "the true impact of the new aggression gringa is the empowerment of moral and patriotic nationalism of Venezuela." Besides the two Venezuelan and Israeli companies, the new sanctions affect PCCI, Royal Oyster Group and Speedy Ship, United Arab Emirates, Tanker Pacific, Singapore, and Associated Shipbroking, Monaco. 
The Venezuelan government expressed "strong repudiation" of the U.S. decision and announced that it will consider the implications of this measure to give "the appropriate response," Efe reported. Moreover, other sanctions imposed on 16 persons and companies involved in some way traffic ballistic technology and weapons of mass destruction, revealed yesterday the State Department.
Most of these sanctions have focused on Iran, China and North Korea. U.S. sanctions by Petroleos de Venezuela to sell gasoline to Iran, something that ends up being beneficial, says Washington, Tehran's nuclear program. A Venezuelan public company is prohibited from receiving any U.S. government contract, but is allowed to continue selling oil to the U.S.
or U.S. companies such as Citgo oil. Venezuela is the fifth country in the amount of oil exported to the United States, with about 900,000 barrels per day sold. Obama has recently allowed to increase penalties for companies that provide energy sources to Iran. Looking so the government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to open its nuclear facilities to international inspectors and prove that its use is peaceful and civil.
"Those who irresponsibly continue to support Iran's energy sector or aid Iran in its efforts to circumvent U.S. sanctions, they face serious consequences," said Deputy Secretary of State yesterday James Steinberg. "The Bolivarian government expresses its strong condemnation of this decision to constitute a hostile act outside the scope of international law, violated the principles enunciated in the Charter of the United Nations, said in response to the extent the Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro.
The president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, has also responded to the U.S. decision through its official account on Twitter. Ironically, commented on the sanctions "BienvenidasMrObama! NoOlvideQSomosLosHijosDeBolivar!" (Sic). Chavez has also supported the statements of Nicholas and added that "the true impact of the new aggression gringa is the empowerment of moral and patriotic nationalism of Venezuela." Besides the two Venezuelan and Israeli companies, the new sanctions affect PCCI, Royal Oyster Group and Speedy Ship, United Arab Emirates, Tanker Pacific, Singapore, and Associated Shipbroking, Monaco.
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