- Programme
- Venezuela
- Designated
- Not published by this authority
- Stated grounds
- Director General of CONATEL, Minister of the Office of the Presidency, and a National Guard Brigadier General. As Director General of CONATEL, Venezuela’s telecommunications regulator, Marquez Monsalve has repeatedly repressed civil society and violated freedom of expression, thereby undermining democracy in Venezuela, by shutting down radio stations, blocking news portals online, and taking television channels off air. This has been done by CONATEL, led by Marquez Monsalve, in order to support the Maduro regime, stifle opposition, and hide corruption.
- Source
- UK Sanctions List (FCDO)
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026