As multiple Latin American countries continue to deal with the growing stigma of operating under a corrupt government, The U.S Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, just added Venezuela to the list of "blacklisted" countries for "disregarding the will of its people. As Mnuchin goes on further to state that the US "would not stand by while the administration of President Nicolas Maduro continues to destroy democratic order," the US has just recently imposed 10 sanctions on Venezuelan officials as it accuses the nation of undermining democracy, corruption and censoring the press. Bringing a total number of Venezuelans sanctioned to 40 by the US, the Trump Administration isn't taking such allegations of corruption lightly. After the assembly had sworn in the winners of the October regional election, the supposed vote was stated to be "marked by numerous irregularities that strongly suggest fraud" which thus helped Mr. Maduro's campaign win the majority party of governorship. However with the U.S acting so quickly to react when no "hard" facts have been proving to be true, many are beginning to sepculate that such actions will actually hurt the relationship between the U.S and Venezuela, when numerous Latin American countries are already starting to hold grudges against America. As the US is still in the process of discussing a possibly oil ban which would strongly penalize the oil-rich Venezuela, local analysts have stated that this in turn could actually hurt American refineries and worsen conditions for Venezuelan citizens. If America is truly trying to stick up for the Venezuelan citizens, its actions need to be more thought out.  These sanctions are highly unlikely to deter President Maduro and his administration from continue their day-to-day government operations, mocking earlier sanctions imposed on his government and administration in previous months, as many Venezuelan citizens will continue to suffer without represetnation within their own government.