US reimposes oil sanctions against Venezuela over election concerns
by Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera— The United States is reimposing sanctions on Venezuela's vital oil sector over what it says is the government's failure to adhere to...
www.counterpunch.org—US Reimposes Illegal and Inhumane Oil Sanctions on Venezuela, as the New York Times Runs Cover. A minute after midnight on April 18, the US reimposed coercive economic measures designed to cripple Venezuela’s oil industry. Later that day, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a new sanctions bill on Nicaragua. Meanwhile, Cuba protested the US’s six-decade blockade as talks resumed between the two countries on migration. At a time of More
Responsible Statecraft—Making fair elections a condition for easing sanctions in Venezuela is wrong. The Biden administration has reimposed economic sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry in response to President Nicolás Maduro's attempts to hold onto power by blocking candidates who want to run against him in the July elections.Maduro’s government is clearly violating the conditions of the 2023 Barbados Agreement that it made with the Venezuelan opposition alliance Plataforma Unitaria Democrática in October and that stipulates that the government create conditions for free and fair elections....
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