Canada has issued sanctions against 14 former and present Venezuelan government officials as it joined its G7 allies in denouncing the inauguration of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro.
Maduro’s inauguration, which took place on Jan. 10, comes after months of unrest in the country over the July 2024 election results. Both Maduro and his rival Edmondo Gonzalez claimed victory.
The G7 foreign ministers and the European Union denounced the lack of democratic legitimacy of Maduro’s inauguration, which would start his third six-year term.
“We reject Maduro’s continued and repressive grasp at power at the expense of the Venezuelan people, who voted for change peacefully and in large numbers on July 28, 2024, according to independent observers and publicly available electoral records,” said a Jan. 10 Global Affairs Canada statement….