Biden urged to crack down on oil companies doing business with Venezuela after Maduro's refusal to cede power

Earlier this year, the Biden administration eased sanctions on Venezuela in efforts to persuade dictator Nicolas Maduro to hold free and fair elections. It didn’t work. 

Now, Latin America watchers say, it’s time to bring back those sanctions in full force - by canceling the licenses for U.S.-based oil and gas companies to do business there. 

The U.S. reinstated sanctions on the gold mining industry that were lifted earlier this year under the Barbados Agreement in April, as Maduro continued to crack down on the opposition...