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TOPSHOT - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro delivers a speech before supporters gathering outside the presidential palace in Caracas on March 12, 2015. The European Parliament called on Venezuela Thursday to release students and opposition figures "arbitrarily detained" during protests against left-wing Maduro. Maduro has launched a crackdown on the opposition, saying they are doing Washington's work in trying to oust him and other left-wing leaders in Latin America. Earlier this week, the United States imposed sanctions against Venezuela as Maduro moved closer to rule by decree. AFP PHOTO / FEDERICO PARRA (Photo by FEDERICO PARRA / AFP) (Photo by FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images)