Switzerland SECO
ActiveFinancial sanctions; Travel ban- Programme
- Venezuela
- Designated
- Not published by this authority
- Legal basis
- Ordinance of 28 March 2018 on measures against Venezuela (RS 946.231.178.5), art. 2 para. 1 (Financial sanctions) and art. 3 para. 1 (Travelban)
- Stated grounds
- Vice President of the National Electoral Council of Venezuela (CNE). As Vice President of the CNE, Carlos Enrique Quintero Cuevas fully took part in the decision-making process of the CNE which impeded a transparent electoral process and the release of accurate election results and thus played a crucial role in the management of the presidential election of 28 July 2024. Therefore, his actions have undermined democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026