Alwaght- Venezuela’s parliament applauded the “Enabling Law” as a response to a U.S. declaration that Venezuela is a security threat. Barack Obama's executive order imposed sanctions on seven Venezuelan officials for alleged human rights violations.
“They want to stick their hands into Venezuela’s wealth, just as they have done in other countries,” ruling party legislator Tania Diaz said, presenting the “anti-imperialist” Enabling Law to parliament.
Outside, red-clad Maduro supporters chanted and held placards proclaiming: “Yankees go home.”
Obama issued the executive order last Monday to address "the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by" the South American country. Maduro has sparked protests for locking up opposition leaders and recently drew U.S. anger for saying his government had captured Americans — including a pilot — involved in espionage activities.
