Pence urges Latin American leaders to freeze assets of Venezuela's state oil company and transfer proceeds to opposition leader as Trump administration announces new U.S. sanctions on Maduro allies.
BOILER-PIPE: By BEN FOX and JOSHUA GOODMAN February 25, 2019 Venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido, Colombia's President Ivan Duque and Vice President Mike Pence, pose for a photo after a meeting of the Lima Group concerning Venezuela at the Foreign Ministry in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. Pence's appearance before the Lima Group comes two days after a U.S.-backed effort to deliver humanitarian across the border from Colombia ended in violence.
Foremost among them was the addition of four governors to a growing list of more than 50 Venezuelan officials under sanctions and blocked from doing business or having accounts in the U.S.
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