The Venezuelan government is aiming to make up for the return of U.S. oil sanctions by raising tax revenues so it can increase spending on public workers and secure their support in July's elections,

Washington sees the registration of opposition presidential candidate Eduardo González Urrutia as a positive gesture, after the Maduro government’s ban on María Corina Machado and others

The Venezuelan government is aiming to make up for the return of US oil sanctions by raising tax revenues so it can increase spending on public workers and secure their support in July’s elections, public and private sector sources said.