Obama orders deeper Venezuela sanctions over abuses

US President Barack Obama on Monday ordered a fresh wave of sanctions against senior Venezuelan officials involved on opposition crackdown and the prosecution of Caracas's mayor. He also targeted Katherine Nayarith Haringhton Padron the prosecutor who charged the Mayor of Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma over an alleged coup plot. "We are deeply concerned by the Venezuelan government's efforts to escalate intimidation of its political opponents," the White House said, unveiling