FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro talks to the media during a news conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, June 22, 2017. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
PARIS (Reuters) - Lawmakers from the hard-left France Unbowed party on Wednesday defended Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro against criticism from the United States and European Union following a disputed vote that gave the leader and his allies sweeping new powers.
The European Union said on Wednesday it was considering a range of actions in response to the crisis, a day after the United States imposed sanctions on Maduro, called him a "dictator" for Sunday's election of a constituent assembly.
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