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Venezuela's opposition leader has pledged to continue his campaign to oust President Nicolas Maduro - despite being banned from holding public office for 15 years.
Financial irregularities were given as the reason for the sanctions against Juan Guaido.
The move comes as the government increases pressure on an opposition movement backed by the United States and dozens of other countries.
Following the decision, Mr Guaido said: "We're going to continue in the streets."
The power struggle between President Maduro and Mr Guaido has intensified the sense of crisis in Venezuela which suffered its worst blackouts earlier this month and then another round of power outages this week.
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