Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said a decision to extract US diplomats 'reflects the deteriorating situation in Venezuela as well as the conclusion that the presence of US diplomatic staff at the embassy has become a constraint on US policy'
The decision to extract all US diplomats"reflects the deteriorating situation in Venezuela as well as the conclusion that the presence of US diplomatic staff at the embassy has become a constraint on US policy," Pompeo said in a statement early Tuesday, without elaborating on either the constraints or the policy options their removal allows for.
"Abrams added that"very soon" the administration would unveil"a significant number of visa revocations" as well as"some very significant financial sanctions," following the Treasury Department's announcement Friday of penalties against a Russian-Venezuelan bank.
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