The United States has imposed sanctions on an additional 21 allies of President Nicolás Maduro, accusing them of supporting and carrying out acts of repression in the wake of July's disputed presidential election in Venezuela.

The Biden administration is sanctioning nearly two dozen Venezuelan security and Cabinet officials aligned with President Nicolás Maduro, building on a series of sanctions it has imposed along with other countries following July elections the U.

The US sanctioned 21 officials it said supported Venezuelan President Maduro’s effort to defy results of an election that the country’s opposition say he lost.

Venezuelan opposition leaders called Saturday for mass protests on December 1 against President Nicolas Maduro's contested reelection, as his government claimed it had uncovered another alleged "desta

The top leaders of the Venezuelan opposition called Saturday for an "enormous" turnout December 1 to protest the contested reelection of President Nicolas Maduro.The authorities subsequently launched investigations of opposition leaders and called for Gonzalez Urrutia's arrest.

Venezuelan authorities are investigating opposition leader Maria Corina Machado for alleged treason after she expressed support for a US bipartisan bill that seeks to block Washington from doing business with any entity that has commercial ties with the government of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro.

Venezuela is once again at the center of international controversy. On Friday, government prosecutors announced that they are launching a treason investigation against opposition leader María Corina Machado.