US reportedly urging members of Venezuelan military to defect

The US is in direct contact with members of Venezuela’s military, urging them to abandon President Nicolas Maduro, and is also preparing new sanctions aimed at ramping up pressure on him, a senior White House official said. The Trump administration expects further military defections from Maduro’s side, the official told Reuters, even though few senior...

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