Venezuela: McAllister calls for tougher • Table.Briefings

Venezuelan opposition leader Marica Machado during an appearance in the presidential election campaign.

The term of office of the elected Venezuelan President Edmundo González Urrutia was due to begin on Jan. 10. But González was cheated out of victory by the Maduro regime. David McAllister, head of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, is calling for tougher sanctions.

The head of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, David McAllister (CDU), is pushing for the sanctions against the Venezuelan government to be extended. In a letter to Foreign Affairs Commissioner Kaja Kallas, he reminds her that the winner of the presidential election, Edmundo González Urrutia, should actually take office today, Jan. 10.

Venezuela: McAllister calls for tougher sanctions

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