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Obama administration declares Venezuela a threat to US national security in 2015

The Obama administration declared the situation in Venezuela an unusual and extraordinary threat to US national security and foreign policy via an executive order in March 2015, imposing targeted sanctions on Venezuelan officials.

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Was Maduro deemed a threat by Obama

Yes — the Obama administration formally declared the situation in Venezuela an “unusual and extraordinary” threat to U.S. national security and foreign policy via an executive order in March 2015, and...