Venezuela's Guaidó urging west to keep up pressure, says Hunt

UK foreign secretary speaks to Maduro challenger before EU ministers discuss sanctions

The Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó has directly urged the west to keep up the pressure to bring about elections in his country within four weeks, the UK foreign secretary has said.

Jeremy Hunt spoke with Guaido by phone on Wednesday before an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Romania on Thursday that will discuss what further economic sanctions can be imposed on senior figures in the Venezuelan leadership.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2B7WQDB