Title: Services like Facebook ads&#x2F;stripe are wrongly closing Venezuelan accounts<p>Venezuelan users have been reporting that different services such as facebook&#x2F;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&#x27;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<p>Even kayak.com (and all booking holdings sites) stopped accepting venezuela as a country of origin for flights, (see: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;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.<p>So, what&#x27;s the deal with these services closing their doors to 30million venezuelans  when the sactions are targeting a defined list of individuals?<p>---<p>[1] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;search?q=facebook%20ads%20venezuela&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live<p>[2] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;gonzalezlrjesus&#x2F;status&#x2F;1167833470116225025<p>[3] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;stripe.com&#x2F;docs&#x2F;atlas<p>[4] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sumarium.es&#x2F;2019&#x2F;08&#x2F;06&#x2F;empresa-alemana-sedo-suspende-todas-las-cuentas-de-venezolanos-por-las-sanciones&#x2F;<p>[5] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.treasury.gov&#x2F;resource-center&#x2F;sanctions&#x2F;Programs&#x2F;Pages&#x2F;venezuela.aspx<p>[6] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.treasury.gov&#x2F;resource-center&#x2F;sanctions&#x2F;Programs&#x2F;Documents&#x2F;venezuela_gl25.pdf<p>[7] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.treasury.gov&#x2F;resource-center&#x2F;faqs&#x2F;Sanctions&#x2F;Pages&#x2F;faq_other.aspx#venezuela
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