Hugo Chavéz's brother among eight Venezuelans placed under US sanctions

Fresh sanctions aim to punish individuals for their role in creating President Maduro’s new constituent assembly, which has been widely condemnedThe Trump administration has imposed sanctions on eight more Venezuelan officials, including the brother of late socialist leader Hugo Chávez, to punish them for their role in President Nicolás Maduro’s creation of a new legislative superbody, US officials said. The US targeted individual politicians and security figures but st