Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Venezuela: Background and U.S. Relations
Clare Ribando Seelke, Rhoda Margesson, Rebecca M. Nelson and Phillip Brown
Chapter 2. Venezuela: Political Crisis and U.S. Policy
Clare Ribando Seelke
Chapter 3. Assessing U.S. Policy Towards Venezuela
Committee on Foreign Relations
Chapter 4. Venezuela: Overview of U.S. Sanctions Policy
Clare Ribando Seelke
Chapter 5. Venezuela Oil Sector: Context for Recent Developments
Brent D. Yacobucci
Chapter 6. Venezuela’s Natural Gas: Opportunity Knocks?
Michael Ratner and Clare Ribando Seelke
Chapter 7. China-Venezuela Fact Sheet: A Short Primer on the Relationship
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Chapter 8. Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Venezuela
President Donald J. Trump
Chapter 9. Condemning the Illegitimate Regime of Nicola’s Maduro in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Committee on Foreign Relations
Chapter 10. President Donald J. Trump Safeguards Venezuelan Oil Revenue for the Good of the American and Venezuelan People
The White House
Chapter 11. Safeguarding Venezuelan Oil Revenue for the Good of the American and Venezuelan People
President Donald J. Trump
Chapter 12. President Donald J. Trump Imposes Tariffs on Countries Importing Venezuelan Oil
The White House
Chapter 13. Imposing Tariffs on Countries Importing Venezuelan Oil
President Donald J. Trump
Chapter 14. U.S. Capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro: Considerations for Congress
Clare Ribando Seelke
Chapter 15. U.S. Military Action in Venezuela Triggers Caribbean Airspace Closures and Flight Disruptions
Bart Elias and Rachel Y. Tang
Index

