Thursday, 31 January 2019

Venezuela: Jeremy Hunt to call for EU sanctions on key Maduro figures

Maduro presidential rival Juan Guaidó claims he has held secret meetings with military, which hold key to power

Britain’s foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, is expected to urge EU nations to impose sanctions on members of Nicolás Maduro’s inner circle in Venezuela as pressure mounts on the president.

Hunt is expected to use an informal summit in Romania to make the call, which comes after his rival to the presidency, Juan Guaidó, claimed in a New York Times opinion piece ($) that he had held “clandestine” meetings with the military.

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from World news | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2SdEaw9

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