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The Trump administration has frozen all Venezuelan government assets in a significant escalation of tensions with socialist leader Nicolás Maduro. The ban on Americans doing business with Venezuela's government takes effect immediately. An executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Monday cited Maduro's continued "usurpation" of power and human rights abuses by those loyal to him. The order falls short of an outright trade embargo but represents the most cr...

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A senior Russian diplomat is confirming that Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meet next week in Finland at a time of simmering tensions between the two countries over the crisis in Venezuela.

 

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Venezuelans heeded opposition leader Juan Guaidó's call to fill streets around the nation Wednesday but security forces showed no sign of answering his cry for a widespread military uprising, instead dispersing crowds with tear gas as the political crisis threatened to deepen.