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31/01/2019 GMT

Venezuela crisis: EU Urged to Pressurise President Maduro

BBC World Service - World Update, Venezuela crisis: EU Urged to Pressurise President Maduro

Pressure mounts on Venezuela's president as EU nations are urged to impose sanctions

Venezuela's self-declared interim president Juan Guaidó has asked European Union governments to keep up the pressure on President Nicolas Maduro.

President Maduro was sworn in for a second term earlier this month after an election marred by an opposition boycott and allegations of vote-rigging, leading to large anti-Maduro protests.

Also on the programme: A look at the fiercely low temperatures that have been gripping parts of the United States and we learn why the number of elderly people going to prison in Japan is increasing.

(Photo: Juan Guaidó, Credit: AFP)

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