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BBC: The U.S. Knows "the Venezuelan People are Different than the Venezuelan Government."

AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth spoke with BBC World News America about the new U.S. sanctions against Venezuela after the country's May 20 elections.

"The Venezuelan people are different than the Venezuelan government," said Eric Farnsworth to BBC World News America when explaining the balance the U.S. government is trying to keep when applying additional sanctions against the country living an humanitarian crisis. "Anything that could be perceived as too heavy-handed by United States could be perceived in some quarters as counter-productive."

Farnsworth also talked about the outlook for the country's oil sector fand what's in store for newly reelected President Nicolás Maduro.

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