FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 14, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is considering a "whole range of actions" in response to rising tensions in Venezuela, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday after the head of the bloc's parliament called for targeted sanctions against President Nicolas Maduro.
Venezuela jailed two leading Maduro critics on Tuesday in a fresh blow to the opposition after deadly protests erupted around an election last Sunday, prompting the United States to impose sanctions on the leftist president.
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