U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, after meeting with a half-dozen South Florida Venezuelan-American leaders, has called on President Donald Trump to impose tough sanctions against the regime of Venezuela strongman Nicolas Maduro to “starve” the South American ruler from power.

“What needs to happen is that Donald Trump needs to put the sanctions back on Venezuela and starve the regime, not enrich Maduro” by continuing to allow Venezuelan oil to flow to foreign buyers, she told reporters while appearing alongside two leaders of the Venezuela-American Caucus at her district office in Sunrise on Thursday.

The Democratic congresswoman also asserted that the Pentagon’s military assaults in international waters against alleged drug traffickers from Venezuela — a campaign that has resulted i

See Full Page