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Al Jazeera
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Al Jazeera Staff

US imposes sanctions on Maduro allies over ‘illegitimate’ election results

Supporters of the Venezuelan opposition protest against the election's results in Maracaibo, a city in northwestern Venezuela, on August 28 [File: Isaac Urrutia/Reuters]

Washington, DC – The United States has imposed new sanctions on Venezuelan judicial and election officials whom it accuses of helping President Nicolas Maduro certify his controversial election win earlier this year.

The penalties on Thursday targeted the leaders of the National Electoral Council (CNE) and the Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ), as well as other Maduro allies who backed his claim to victory in the July 28 vote.

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