Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro told participants of the rally against the US economic blockade that the opposition, in talks with Caracas, had pledged to visit Washington to negotiate sanctions removal, but the United States refused to receive it.
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order blocking all Venezuelan government assets in the United States, including those belonging to the Bolivarian republic’s central bank and oil company PDVSA. The decree also authorizes sanctions against any foreign entities supporting Maduro.