The United States has issued new sanctions on 16 allies of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, accusing them of obstructing the 28 July election and of aiding the crackdown that followed a vote widely seen to have been stolen.
Those targeted include members of the supreme court and the country’s electoral council – including their respective chiefs, Caryslia Rodríguez and Antonio Jose Meneses – “who impeded a transparent electoral process and the release of accurate election results”, the US treasury said on Thursday.
