Venezuelan users have been reporting that different services such as facebook/instagram ads [1], heroku services [2], stripe atlas [3], sedo [4], and others, have been blocking venezuelan users and terminating accounts due to sactions that they didn't even care to read, the sactions are pretty explicit at targeting only individuals and officials of the government [5] and there is even licences that allow these services to operate [6] and a faq [7] where this is explained

Even kayak.com (and all booking holdings sites) stopped accepting venezuela as a country of origin for flights, (see: https://i.imgur.com/nAouvUB.png) with a learn more link that goes to [5], and it makes no sense at all despite how much we need to buy plane tickets as people is fleeing the country.

So, what's the deal with these services closing their doors to 30million venezuelans when the sactions are targeting a defined list of individuals?

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[1] https://twitter.com/search?q=facebook%20ads%20venezuela&src=typed_query&f=live

[2] https://twitter.com/gonzalezlrjesus/status/1167833470116225025

[3] https://stripe.com/docs/atlas

[4] https://www.sumarium.es/2019/08/06/empresa-alemana-sedo-suspende-todas-las-cuentas-de-venezolanos-por-las-sanciones/

[5] https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Pages/venezuela.aspx

[6] https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/venezuela_gl25.pdf

[7] https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/faqs/Sanctions/Pages/faq_other.aspx#venezuela