Democratic Rep. Chuy Garcia slammed President Donald Trump over his executive order imposing tariffs on countries selling or sending oil to Cuba, saying the measure seeks to "cause a humanitarian crisis" and deepen "our collective punishment of the Cuban people."

Traders are increasingly buying defaulted Venezuelan bonds betting that regime change in the country will lead to a new investor-friendly government that will cut a deal to begin paying back the country's debt.

Traders are reportedly rebranding Venezuelan oil as Brazilian to circumvent U.S. sanctions. They have done so with over $1 billion worth of exports, according to Reuters