Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Venezuela

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 44 (Monday, March 7, 2016)] [Presidential Documents] [Page 11999] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2016-05234] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 44 / Monday, March 7, 2016 / Presidential Documents [[Page 11999]] Notice of March 3, 2016 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Venezuela On March 8, 2015, I issued Executive Order 13692, declaring a national emergency with respect to 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 government corruption. The situation described in Executive Order 13692 has not improved. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13692. This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress. (Presidential Sig.) THE WHITE HOUSE, March 3, 2016. [FR Doc. 2016-05234 Filed 3-4-16; 11:15 am] Billing code 3295-F6-P