President Trump is continuing to put pressure on the government of Venezuela’s leftist President Nicolas Maduro, introducing a new round of sanctions designed to further rattle the embattled South American country’s oil exports. The ailing nation this year turned to gold as a means of invigorating its fast-falling currency and moving away from oil dependency. In apprehension of U.S. regulations, in the first nine months of the year Venezuela exported some $900 million worth of gold through Turkey. Maduro has since responded publicly to the sanctions announcement, calling them “crazy” and “schizophrenic” in a televised statement. “We agreed that Brazil and the United States will work closely together on Trade, Military and everything else!

Source: Fox News November 04, 2018 18:56 UTC