On Monday 13 November, EU foreign ministers imposed sanctions on Venezuela due to concern at the situation in the country.
The Council of the EU decided to impose an arms embargo and an embargo on equipment that could be used for domestic repression, along with equipment and technology destined to be used by the regime to monitor or intercept the internet and listen in to telephone calls.
A legal framework was also adopted to ban travel to the EU and an assets freeze to penalise individuals...