Backgrounder – Venezuela sanctions

Effective immediately, Canada is imposing further sanctions against members of the Maduro regime and those closest to it.

Canadian measures

The Special Economic Measures (Venezuela) Regulations impose asset freezes and dealings prohibitions on listed persons by prohibiting persons in Canada and Canadians outside of Canada from dealing in any property of these individuals or providing financial or related services to them.

The specific prohibitions are set out in the Regulations.

The names of the individuals targeted by these Regulations are:

• Manuel Gregorio BERNAL MARTÍNEZ
• Iván Rafael HERNÁNDEZ DALA
• Manuel Ricardo Cristopher FIGUERA
• Hildemaro José RODRÍGUEZ MÚCURA
• Rafael Enrique BASTARDO MENDOZA
• José Miguel DOMÍNGUEZ RAMÍREZ
• Cristian Abelardo MORALES ZAMBRANO
• Franklin GARCÍA DUQUE
• Richard Jesús LÓPEZ VARGAS
• José Miguel MONTOYA RODRÍGUEZ
• Giuseppe Alessandro Martín Alessandrello CIMADEVILLA
• José Adelino ORNELAS FERREIRA
• Carlos Augusto Leal TELLERÍA
• Jorge Alberto ARREAZA MONTSERRAT
• Katherine Nayarith HARRINGTON PADRÓN
• Reinaldo Enrique MUÑOZ PEDROZA
• Alfredo RUIZ ANGULO
• Larry Devoe MÁRQUEZ
• Nelson Reinaldo LEPAJE SALAZAR
• Carlos Erik MALPICA FLORES
• Manuel Ángel FERNÁNDEZ MELÉNDEZ
• Franco SILVA AVILA
• Jorge Elieser MÁRQUEZ MONSALVE
• José RIVAS
• Luis Eduardo ORTEGA MORALES
• Simón Alejandro ZERPA DELGADO
• Manuel Salvador QUEVEDO FERNÁNDEZ
• Víctor Hugo CANO PACHECO
• Adrián Antonio PERDOMO MATA
• Justo José NOGUERA PIETRI
• Gladys REQUENA
• Eduardo PIÑATE
• Earle HERRERA
• María Alejandra DÍAZ
• Marco Antonio MEDINA
• Bárbara Gabriela CÉSAR SIERO
• Inocencio FIGUEROA
• María Carolina AMELIACH VILLARROEL
• Eulalia GUERRERO RIVERO
• Omar José PRIETO FERNÁNDEZ
• Ramón Alonso CARRIZALEZ RENGIFO
• Jorge Luis GARCÍA CARNEIRO
• Rafael Alejandro LACAVA EVANGELISTA