; (iii) actions that prohibit, limit, or penalize the exercise of freedom of expression or peaceful assembly; or (iv) significant public corruption by senior officials within the Government of Venezuela; or (C) any entity that has, or whose members have, engaged in any activity described in subparagraph (B); (2) operates in the gold, financial, energy, shipping, or shipbuilding sector of the economy of Venezuela; (3) operates in the ports, free trade zones, or special economic zones of Venezuela; (4) is owned or controlled by a foreign person described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3); or (5) has knowingly materially assisted, sponsored, or provided significant financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, a foreign person described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3). IV Assistance to a free and independent Venezuela 401. Policy toward a transition government and a democratically elected government in Venezuela It is the policy of the United States— (1) to support the self-determination of the people of Venezuela; (2) to recognize that the self-determination of the people of Venezuela is a sovereign and national right of the citizens of Venezuela, which must be exercised free of interference by the government of any other country; (3) to encourage the people of Venezuela to empower themselves with a government that reflects the self-determination of the people of Venezuela; (4) to recognize the potential for a difficult transition from the current regime in Venezuela, which may result from the initiatives taken by the people of Venezuela for self-determination in response to the intransigence of the regime of Nicolàs Maduro in not allowing any substantive political or economic reforms; (5) to be prepared to provide the people of Venezuela with humanitarian, developmental, and other economic assistance; (6) in solidarity with the people of Venezuela, to provide appropriate forms of assistance— (A) to a transition government in Venezuela