They warned recent sanctions could 'exacerbate the country's grave economic crisis, causing immense suffering for the most vulnerable in society who bear no responsibility for the situation.'
WASHINGTON - Sixteen Democratic lawmakers, among them rising star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, on Thursday sent a joint letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticising what they described as "counterproductive" US strategy on crisis-hit Venezuela.
They warned recent sanctions could "exacerbate the country's grave economic crisis, causing immense suffering for the most vulnerable in society who bear no responsibility for the situation." Guaido accuses Maduro of rigging last May's election which saw the socialist successor to Hugo Chavez win a second term despite a freefalling economy and hyperinflation that has left millions without basic necessities and triggered a mass exodus.
Since 2015, Washington has sanctioned dozens of current and former Venezuelan officials - among them Maduro himself - accusing them of human rights violations, corruption and drug trafficking.
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