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Trump Administration Slaps Sanctions On Son Of Venezuelan President Maduro

Nicolás Maduro Guerra is a member of the pro-government National Constituent Assembly. It's the administration's latest effort to unseat the country's government.
Venezuelan Constituent Assembly's member Nicolás Maduro Guerra, son of Venezulan President Nicolas Maduro, walks before a session in Caracas on August 8, 2017. The U.S. government targeted the younger Maduro with sanctions on Friday.

The Trump administration is slapping economic sanctions against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's son in its latest effort to unseat the South American country's socialist regime.

Nicolás Maduro Guerra heads the Corps of the Special Inspectors of the Presidency and is a member of the pro-government National Constituent Assembly.

A senior administration official told reporters Friday that the sanctions against Maduro Guerra

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