U.S. sanctions Venezuelan state oil firm, escalating pressure on Maduro

By Matt Spetalnick and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Monday imposed sweeping sanctions on Venezuelan state-owned oil firm PDVSA, the toughest U.S. financial challenge yet to the country's embattled socialist president, Nicolas Maduro.

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