Calling it “huge step in the right direction,” Gov. Rick Scott got support from two state Cabinet members to keep an agency they oversee from conducting future business linked to the Maduro regime in Venezuela.

While not as wide-reaching as first proposed by the governor, the resolution approved by the State Board of Administration's trustees — Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis — will prohibit the board from investing in certain companies that have financial ties to the Venezuelan regime.

“I've heard firsthand from so many Floridians whose families have been hurt by the brutalities perpetrated by the Maduro regime,” Scott said. “I stand firmly with the Venezuelan people in demanding absolute freedom and democracy now. The policy before you today is a huge step in the right direction.”