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US Hits Cuba With Sanctions in New Move Against Venezuela's Maduro

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   The U.S. is sanctioning a Cuban business for importing Venezuelan oil
   as part of America's ongoing effort to force the South American
   country's president, Nicolas Maduro, from power.

   The United States Treasury is targeting Cuban oil company Cubametales
   for its continued support of the Venezuelan government, according to a
   press release Wednesday from the department's Office of Foreign Assets
   Control.

   The sanctions on Cubametales "will disrupt Maduro's attempts to use
   Venezuela's oil as a bargaining tool to help his supporters purchase
   protection from Cuba," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in the
   press release.

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