Latin American program director Cynthia J. Arnson is quoted in this article about the U.S. government's consideration of sanctions for individuals within the Venezuelan government. This article is in Spanish.
[...] "El canciller Elías Jaua aseguró el domingo que denunciará a Washington ante organismos internacionales como la ONU por su "injerencia" y las amenanzas de sanciones.
Este tipo de reacciones ha puesto a la Casa Blanca en un incómodo dilema.
"La política de Obama está atrapada entre el imperativo político de hacer also y el efecto que esa pueda tener en el terreno", le dice a BBC Mundo Cynthia Arnson, directora del programa de América Latina en el Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, un centro de estudios con sede en Washington.
"Los imperativos son políticos y provienen del Capitolio, pero es probable que el impacto sea contraproducente".
En ambas cámaras del Congreso fueron presentados proyectos de ley que pretenden penalizar con congelamiento de activos y prohibición de entrada a Estados Unidos a quienes consideren responsables de la violencia." [...]
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