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Vol. 80, No. 47 

Wednesday, March 11, 2015 

Title 3— 

The President 

Executive Order 13692 of March 8, 2015 

Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons 

Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela 

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 

laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency 

Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), the Venezuela Defense of Human 

Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–278) (the ‘‘Venezuela 

Defense of Human Rights Act’’) (the ‘‘Act’’), section 212(f) of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)) (INA), and section 301 of 

title 3, United States Code, 

I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, find that 

the situation in Venezuela, including the Government of Venezuela’s erosion 

of human rights guarantees, persecution of political opponents, curtailment 

of press freedoms, use of violence and human rights violations and abuses 

in response to antigovernment protests, and arbitrary arrest and detention 

of antigovernment protestors, as well as the exacerbating presence of significant public corruption, constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to 

the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and I hereby 

declare a national emergency to deal with that threat. I hereby order: 

Section 1. (a) All property and interests in property that are in the United 

States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter 

come within the possession or control of any United States person of the 

following persons are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, 

withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: 

(i) the persons listed in the Annex to this order; and 

(ii) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 

with the Secretary of State: 

(A) to be responsible for or complicit in, or responsible for ordering, 

controlling, or otherwise directing, or to have participated in, directly 

or indirectly, any of the following in or in relation to Venezuela: 

(1) actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions; 

(2) significant acts of violence or conduct that constitutes a serious abuse 

or violation of human rights, including against persons involved in 

antigovernment protests in Venezuela in or since February 2014; 

(3) actions that prohibit, limit, or penalize the exercise of freedom of 

expression or peaceful assembly; or 

(4) public corruption by senior officials within the Government of Venezuela; 

(B) to be a current or former leader of an entity that has, or whose 

members have, engaged in any activity described in subsection (a)(ii)(A) 

of this section or of an entity whose property and interests in property 

are blocked pursuant to this order; 

(C) to be a current or former official of the Government of Venezuela; 

(D) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, 

or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of: 

(1) a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant 

to this order; or 


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(2) an activity described in subsection (a)(ii)(A) of this section; or 

(E) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act 

for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property 

and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order. 

(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply except to 

the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives, or 

licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding 

any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the 

effective date of this order. 

Sec. 2. I hereby find that the unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant 

entry into the United States of aliens determined to meet one or more 

of the criteria in subsection 1(a) of this order would be detrimental to 

the interests of the United States, and I hereby suspend entry into the 

United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of such persons, except 

where the Secretary of State determines that the person’s entry is in the 

national interest of the United States. This section shall not apply to an 

alien if admitting the alien into the United States is necessary to permit 

the United States to comply with the Agreement Regarding the Headquarters 

of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered 

into force November 21, 1947, or other applicable international obligations. 

Sec. 3. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the type of 

articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, 

to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property 

are blocked pursuant to section 1 of this order would seriously impair 

my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in this order, 

and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1 of this 

order. 

Sec. 4. The prohibitions in section 1 of this order include but are not 

limited to: 

(a) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services 

by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in 

property are blocked pursuant to this order; and 

(b) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services 

from any such person. 

Sec. 5. (a) Any transaction that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading 

or avoiding, causes a violation of, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited. 

(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth 

in this order is prohibited. 

Sec. 6. For the purposes of this order: 

(a) the term ‘‘person’’ means an individual or entity; 

(b) the term ‘‘entity’’ means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, 

corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization; 

(c) the term ‘‘United States person’’ means any United States citizen, 

permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United 

States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign 

branches), or any person in the United States; 

(d) the term ‘‘Government of Venezuela’’ means the Government of Venezuela, any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof, including the Central Bank of Venezuela, and any person owned or controlled 

by, or acting for or on behalf of, the Government of Venezuela. 

Sec. 7. For those persons whose property and interests in property are 

blocked pursuant to this order who might have a constitutional presence 

in the United States, I find that because of the ability to transfer funds 

or other assets instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures 

to be taken pursuant to this order would render those measures ineffectual. 

I therefore determine that for these measures to be effective in addressing 


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the national emergency declared in this order, there need be no prior notice 

of a listing or determination made pursuant to section 1 of this order. 

Sec. 8. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 

of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including the promulgation 

of rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President 

by IEEPA and section 5 of the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights Act, 

other than the authorities contained in sections 5(b)(1)(B) and 5(c) of that 

Act, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this order, with 

the exception of section 2 of this order, and the relevant provisions of 

section 5 of that Act. The Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate any 

of these functions to other officers and agencies of the United States Government consistent with applicable law. All agencies of the United States Government are hereby directed to take all appropriate measures within their 

authority to carry out the provisions of this order. 

Sec. 9. The Secretary of State is hereby authorized to take such actions, 

including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ all 

powers granted to the President by IEEPA, the INA, and section 5 of the 

Venezuela Defense of Human Rights Act, including the authorities set forth 

in sections 5(b)(1)(B), 5(c), and 5(d) of that Act, as may be necessary to 

carry out section 2 of this order and the relevant provisions of section 

5 of that Act. The Secretary of State may redelegate any of these functions 

to other officers and agencies of the United States Government consistent 

with applicable law. 

Sec. 10. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 

of State, is hereby authorized to determine that circumstances no longer 

warrant the blocking of the property and interests in property of a person 

listed in the Annex to this order, and to take necessary action to give 

effect to that determination. 

Sec. 11. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 

of State, is hereby authorized to submit the recurring and final reports 

to the Congress on the national emergency declared in this order, consistent 

with section 401(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)) and section 204(c) of 

IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)). 

Sec. 12. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right 

or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by 

any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, 

its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. 


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Sec. 13. This order is effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on March 

9, 2015. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

March 8, 2015. 

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ANNEX 

1. Antonio Jose ́ Benavides Torres [Commander of the Central Integral 

Strategic Defense Region of the National Armed Forces, former Director 

of Operations for the National Guard; born June 13, 1961] 

2. Gustavo Enrique Gonza ́lez Lo ́pez [Director General of the National Intelligence Service and President of the Strategic Center of Security and Protection of the Homeland; born November 2, 1960] 

3. Justo Jose ́ Noguera Pietri [President of the Venezuelan Corporation 

of Guayana, former General Commander of the National Guard; born March 

15, 1961] 

4. Katherine Nayarith Haringhton Padron [National Level Prosecutor of 

the 20th District Office of the Public Ministry; born December 5, 1971] 

5. Manuel Eduardo Pe ́rez Urdaneta [Director of the National Police; born 

May 26, 1962] 

6. Manuel Gregorio Bernal Martı ́nez [Chief of the 31st Armored Brigade 

of Caracas, former Director General of the National Intelligence Service; 

born July 12, 1965] 

7. Miguel Alcides Vivas Landino [Inspector General of the National Armed 

Forces, former Commander of the Andes Integral Strategic Defense Region 

of the National Armed Forces; born July 8, 1961] 

[FR Doc. 2015–05677 

Filed 3–10–15; 8:45 am] 

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