FILE PHOTO: Nicolas Maduro Guerra, son of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and member of the National Constituent Assembly, looks as his father talks to the media before a softball game with ministers and military high command members at Fuerte Tiuna military base, in Caracas, Venezuela January 28, 2018. REUTERS/Marco Bello
(Reuters) - The Trump administration turned up the pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday by targeting his son Nicolas "Nicolasito" Maduro with sanctions, the U.S. Treasury Department said.
The new sanctions are the latest push in six months of efforts to oust Maduro, whose 2018 re-election has been deemed illegitimate by the United States and most Western nations.
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