WASHINGTON _ The next phase of President Donald Trump's pressure campaign on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro may rely on his diplomatic skills.
Trump's advisers want Europe and Latin America to aggressively expand multilateral sanctions that will compound "political and psychological pressure" on Maduro and his aides, according to a senior State Department official.
Their goal is to block key Maduro officials from banking and traveling within Europe and the Americas, building on existing U.S. sanctions that have revoked hundreds of U.S. visas from Maduro-linked individuals and banned U.S. financial transactions with Venezuelan entities.
