The Trump administration has sanctioned seven Venezuelan officials accused of colluding with President Nicolás Maduro to take over the country's legislature.
January 14, 2020, 12:30 AMA look at the top photos from around the globe.The Trump administration has sanctioned seven Venezuelan officials accused of colluding with President Nicolás Maduro to take over the country's legislature, the last opposition-controlled institution in the country torn apart by political chaos and a humanitarian and economic crisis.
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido is blocked by security forces as he tries to reach the National Assembly building in Caracas by climbing over a fence, on Jan. 5, 2020. Luis Parra, a rival to Juan Guaido, declared himself parliament speaker, as Guaido and fellow opposition lawmakers were blocked from entering the National Assembly.The U.S.
Lawmaker Luis Parra speaks during a swearing-in ceremony at Venezuela's National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 5, 2020. But there are concerns that even with wide-ranging U.S. sanctions and an alliance of democratic countries backing Guaidó, Maduro will not be forced from power. Venezuela's military leaders and the majority of its rank and file still support Maduro, Hugo Chavez's appointed successor -- as does Moscow.
"We underestimated the importance of the Cuban and Russian support for the regime, which has proved, I think, to be the two most important pillars of support for the regime and without which it wouldn’t be there. It wouldn’t be in power," Abrams told reporters Jan. 6.There is a push for the U.S. to do more to sever that connection, which could mean secondary sanctions on Russian companies working in Venezuela or facilitating its transfer of oil and gold out of the country.
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