Trump urges EU to sanction Maduro government in Venezuela

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump urged the European Union on Tuesday to join in sanctioning the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, after a meeting with Spain's prime minister at the White House. "We hope our friends in the EU will soon follow the United States, Canada and many Latin American nations in sanctioning the Maduro regime. We need everybody involved," Trump said at a White House news conference with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. "The citizens of Venezuela have endured immense suffering, poverty, starvation, and dangerous political unrest under Maduro's oppressive socialist regime." (Reporting by Steve Holland and Doina Chiacu; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)