US sanctions Venezuelan oil minister

Treasury Department slaps measures on head of PDVSA as well as four others close to Maduro

Sanctioned: Venezuela's Oil Minister and president of PDVSA Manuel Quevedo — Sanctioned: Venezuela's Oil Minister and president of PDVSA Manuel QuevedoREUTERS/SCANPIX

Eoin O'Cinneide

Politics Treasury Department PDVSA Venezuela Nicolas Maduro

Published 15 February 2019, 15:27Updated 15 February 2019, 15:33