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Re:Trump Issues Action Blocking Venezuelan Government Crypto... by tweedledee on Monday March 19, 2018 @01:52PM (#16620945)
It would have failed eventually, it just would have taken longer. Venezuela is incredibly corrupt and more money would not have fixed that.

One could argue that sanctions only serve to increase corruption by eliminating non regime sources of income for the local populace.

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Re:Trump Issues Action Blocking Venezuelan Government Crypto... by saint_fiasco on Monday March 19, 2018 @03:35PM (#16622269)
Same could be said about Saudi Arabia, but that one has been working, in a fashion, for quite a while.
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