Venezuela’s congress on Thursday passed a law punishing support for international sanctions on President Nicolas Maduro’s regime with up to 30 years in prison.
“Anyone who promotes, instigates, requests, invokes, favors, facilitates, supports or participates in the adoption of coercive measures… will be punished with imprisonment of 25 to 30 years,” the law states.
The legislation provides for fines of over $1 million for violations and bars political leaders who fall foul of it from holding elected office for 60 years.
It also provides for similar punishments for anyone who supports, or participates in, “armed or forceful actions” against the Caribbean country.
The law’s adoption comes a day after the United States slapped sanctions on 21 top Venezuelan security and cabinet officials, accusing them of a campaign of repression after Maduro’s bitterly contested reelection.
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