Press Release Apr 4, 2022 U.S. Government Should Maintain Targeted Sanctions Against Venezuelan Dictator Nicolás Maduro and His Cronies NEW YORK (April 22, 2022) – The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) urges the democratic world and the United States, in particular, to maintain the pressure of targeted sanctions against the dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela as he is being investigated for crimes against humanity and his dictatorship continues to usurp the state to use it as a transnational criminal enterprise.