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Venezuela slapped with U.S. sanctions for supporting Iran, Hezbollah JIM KOURI

After several months of calling for U.S. government action to sanction Venezuela’s state run oil company Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. for doing business with Iran, Chairman of the House Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Rep. Connie Mack (R-FL) applauded the U.S. State Department’s decision to finally sanction Venezuela’s state-owned oil corporation yesterday.

Congressman Mack stated: “The sanctions on PDVSA are an important step in the right direction for U.S. policy toward the region; however, we must acknowledge that PDVSA’s shipments are only one example of Hugo Chavez’s support for the terrorist supporting Iranian regime.”

Reports of Iranian missile bases in Venezuela, the increasing presence of Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, and yesterday’s sanctioning of Venezuelan Military Industries Company show just how dangerous the Venezuela-Iranian relationship has become.

Congressman Mack also renewed his call on former Congressman Joe Kennedy to again step aside as “pitchman” for CITGO, the American subsidiary of PDVSA, a call Mack has made repeatedly since 2007.

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