U.S. targets Maduro-backed legislator and allies in fresh Venezuelan sanctions
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The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on seven Venezuelan politicians it said led a bid by President Nicolas Maduro to wrest control of the country’s congress from U.S.-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido.