BBC: Venezuelan leader Maduro condemns new US sanctions
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has called the latest US sanctions "the most aggressive, unjust and harmful step that has ever been taken by the US against Venezuela".
In a televised address, Mr Maduro named one of seven officials sanctioned by the US as his new interior minister.
He also announced he would seek special powers from the National Assembly "to defend the integrity of the country".
Tensions between the two countries have been rising for months.
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