Statement from the National Security Advisor Ambassador John Bolton

Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 6, 2019 Statement from the National Security Advisor Ambassador John Bolton   The United States strongly supports the democratic transition in Venezuela led by Interim President Juan Guaido and the National Assembly and is pursuing several new diplomatic and economic initiatives in support of that transition.  The United States is putting foreign financial institutions on notice that they will face sanctions for being involved in facilitating illegitimate transactions that benefit Nicolas Maduro and his corrupt network.  We will not allow Maduro to steal the wealth of the Venezuelan people.