U.S. Sanctions Venezuela’s Parra Over National Assembly Rift

The U.S. sanctioned Venezuelan lawmaker Luis Parra and officials who tried to block Juan Guaido, whom the Trump administration has recognized as the country’s rightful leader, from being re-elected president of its National Assembly.

Parra, 41, was once Guaido’s ally but turned on him and sided with President Nicolas Maduro this month in a bid to take over the Assembly. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said in a web posting Monday that Parra and seven other Venezuelans had been added to its sanctions list.