2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis

2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis
2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis
Part of Crisis in Venezuela
	Panamanian president Juan Carlos Varela (left) and Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro (right)
Date	29 March 2018 – 26 April 2018
Caused by	Sanctions imposed by the Panamanian government against President Nicolás Maduro and key government officials.
Status	Relations restored following mediation by the Dominican Republic
Parties
Panama	Venezuela
Lead figures
	Juan Carlos Varela; (President of Panama) Diplomatic support Lima Group; United States; Nicolás Maduro; (President of Venezuela)

The 2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis was a diplomatic stand-off between Panama and Venezuela after the Panamanian government imposed sanctions on President Nicolás Maduro and several key officials of the Bolivarian government over alleged involvement with "money laundering, financing of terrorism and financing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction" on 29 March 2018.

On 5 April 2018, Maduro imposed sanctions on Panamanian companies and as well as prominent Panamanian officials, including President Juan Carlos Varela in response to the sanctions imposed by Panama.

The diplomatic crisis ended on 26 April 2018 when President Maduro announced that he had called President Varela and agreed to the return of the ambassadors and the return of air communication between both countries.

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