The European Union (EU) imposed sanctions on 11 Venezuelans on Monday, including the president of the National Assembly (AN), Luis Parra.
According to the AFP news agency, the sanctions are mostly for actions against the opposition to the government of the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro.
Among the 11 people, the names of Luis Eduardo Parra, president of the National Assembly (AN), Tanía Díaz, first vice-president of the National Constituent Assembly (ANC), Elvis Amoroso Comptroller General of the Republic, José Adelino Ornelas
secretary general of the Defense of the Nation Council, Franklyn Duarte member and first vice president of the National Assembly.
As well as José Gregorio Noriega, member and second vice president of the National Assembly, Jorge Elieser Marquez Monsalve, director of Conatel, Juan José Mendoza, second vice president of the Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela (TSJ), Farik Mora, Prosecutor of the Special Court of First Instance of Venezuela with office in the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM) and Gladys Requena vice president of the ANC.
The decision, published in the Official Journal of the EU, brings the number of people sanctioned to 36, in the opinion of the bloc, to undermine democracy, the rule of law and human rights in Venezuela. The Venezuelan government rejected these measures through a Twitter published by the Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Jorge Arreaza.