The Treasury Department applied more pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, sanctioning several members of his extended family, portions of the country’s oil industry, and a Maduro-associated businessman.

The Trump administration’s new sanctions come shortly after President Donald Trump announced an oil tanker was seized off the Venezuelan coast. More sanctions signal that Trump’s pressure campaign on Maduro has hit a fever pitch.

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Maduro has been accused by the Trump administration of assisting traffickers in importing drugs into the United States. Trump’s first administrati

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