{"id":116361,"date":"2021-08-14T12:05:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T16:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=116361"},"modified":"2021-08-14T12:05:22","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T16:05:22","slug":"house-democrats-urge-the-lifting-of-sanctions-on-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=116361","title":{"rendered":"House Democrats urge the lifting of sanctions on Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If Maduro had a daughter. (Branco\/Americans for Limited Government\/Creators.com)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Although the Democrat signers attribute many of the problems in Venezuela to Maduro and his allies, they’re calling for the lifting of the sanctions that Donald Trump imposed. They insist that Trump’s policies made things worse in Venezuela. In the letter, the Democrats offer alternative diplomatic actions.<\/p>\n

From the House of Representatives letter:<\/span><\/p>\n

By any measure, the current “maximum pressure” policy towards Venezuela has been a total failure. Trump officials attempted to force Maduro from power by imposing far-reaching sanctions; trying to foment a domestic military uprising; threatening U.S. armed intervention; and by cutting off all relations with Maduro and Maduro-aligned authorities. Despite these and other aggressive measures, Maduro remains more firmly in place than ever.<\/p>\n

U.S. economic sanctions enacted since 2017 have inflicted greater hardship and suffering on ordinary Venezuelans. Rampant mismanagement and corruption under Maduro are at the root of Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis. But, as a recent GAO report noted, U.S. sanctions have likely contributed to the country’s steep economic decline by sharply reducing the country’s oil revenue. Economist Francisco Rodr\u00edguez calculates that U.S. financial and oil-sector sanctions led to $17 billion of lost revenue for Venezuela per year between 2017 and 2019.<\/p>\n

These dire numbers signify an escalation of the human tragedy taking place in Venezuela. A 2019 study found that sanctions contributed to significant increases in malnutrition, disease and general mortality in 2017 and 2018 (before even harsher sanctions were imposed by former President Trump, starting in 2019). As a UN Human Rights expert noted, sanctions on Venezuela “have exacerbated pre-existing economic situations and have dramatically affected the whole population of Venezuela, especially but not only those in extreme poverty, women, children, medical workers, people with disabilities or life-threatening or chronic diseases, and the indigenous populations.”<\/p>\n

Sanctions have also seriously hampered COVID-19 relief efforts in Venezuela. While the Biden administration recently issued a general license to allow Venezuela to access COVID-related medical goods, the general license does not resolve issues with banking and supply chains. Sanctions continue to deprive the country of the necessary resources with which to effectively combat the pandemic. To date, less than one percent of the Venezuelan population is fully vaccinated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On election night, some Venezuela-Americans recognized similar anomalies in the US election that they saw occur in Venezuela’s elections. They suspected fraud, like the election fraud that Chavez, later Maduro, and their allies, perpetrated. It’s no surprise that the party that benefited from similar election fraud, and who share similar ideologies as those in power in Venezuela, would try to relieve the diplomatic and economic pressure on that country.<\/p>\n

The full letter, signed by 19 House Democrats, could be read here<\/a>. Just the News<\/b> has a related article<\/a> on this subject.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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