The United States government will authorize the Venezuelan Consortium of Aeronautical Industries and Air Services (Conviasa) can carry out flights for repatriated migrants from any country in the Western Hemisphere.
The new regulation titled General License number 45A replaces its predecessor General License number 45 and specifies that the Venezuelan state company or any of its subsidiaries where Conviasa has at least 50% participation, can carry out transfers without any type of restrictions, only for the purpose of repatriating Venezuelans, indicated the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Conviasa and its fleet were blocked since the issuance of Executive Order 13884 on August 5, 2019 by OFAC. Then, on February 7, 2020, the The United States government restricted the air passage of the Venezuelan company for its space.
“The illegitimate Maduro regime depends on Conviasa to transport corrupt regime officials around the world to boost support for its anti-democratic efforts,” he said. Steven MnuchinUS Secretary of the Treasury during the administration of Donald Trump.
“The Trump Administration will not allow Maduro and his representatives to continue stealing from the Venezuelan people and abusing state assets to advance their own corrupt and destabilizing activities,” the official warned then.
A mitigating factor in this case has been the airline’s movements for the transfer of Cuban ruler Miguel Díaz-Canel and his entourage for international tours that require long flights.
The new regulations that OFAC approved this November 18 It suits the current US administration, because it supports its interests in deporting migrants who enter through non-established routes, they reported. Press media.
“Individuals and families who do not have a legal basis to remain in the United States will be deported,” said the acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in a statement. Troy Miller.
An issue that has affected, to date, not only the 238 people who have been returned to Venezuelabut it is also a handicap that harms Cuban nationals.
Last October 26 The seventh deportation flight from the US arrived in Havana with 27 Cubans who tried to enter the northern country without authorization, according to a statement from the US embassy in Cuba posted on X.
Since deportation flights resumed in April until the seventh in October, Joe Biden’s administration has returned 349 Cubans.
Despite all the warnings and measures taken by the authorities about the risks of illegal travel, irregular emigration continues to increase. Many CubansVenezuelans, Haitians and Central Americans still remain stranded in Mexico waiting to cross into the United States.
