CARACAS: Sanctions have worsened Venezuela's crippling economic and political crisis, the UN human rights chief said on Wednesday , as Washington warned it may expand measures targeting President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government.
The US envoy for the crisis in Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, said Tuesday that Washington was weighing more punitive measures to increase the pressure on Maduro. "They thought the pressure had reached its zenith, but it's only just beginning," Guaido told reporters."Public sector workers have lost practically all their rights, we have no other option but to call for a civic strike," said Guaido, without giving further details.
When he returned to Caracas - his latest challenge to Maduro's authority - Guaido announced to tens of thousands of supporters his plans for new protests.US envoy Abrams said that given Maduro's low popularity, it would be"a gift" if he decided to run in fresh polls.'PARALYSED PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION' "The public administration is practically paralyzed. In the town halls, people only go to work three days a week and even then barely half the day," said Yanez.
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