10-05-2019 18:46 via news.yahoo.com

UPDATE 2-U.S. expands Venezuela sanctions in Maduro pressure campaign

The Trump administration on Friday expanded the scope of its Venezuela sanctions to the defense and security services sectors to try to crank up economic pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.The White House is keen to show that momentum in its four-month-old campaign against Maduro has not waned, particularly after a failed uprising last week led by opposition leader Juan Guaido, who is backed by the United States and most Western nations.Guaido - who Maduro has called a puppet of Was
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