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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_sanctions
I love this part specifically: "Reasons cited for sanctions includes Venezuela's poor human rights record", pretty much for all of them.
And then let's look at US's involvements in Latin America:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r...
Funnily enough, the CIA overthrew Iran's democratically elected government in 1953, only to sanction them when they are not willing to be US's pawns anymore.
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/31/690363402/how-the-cia-overthr...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_sanctions
I love this part specifically: "Reasons cited for sanctions includes Venezuela's poor human rights record", pretty much for all of them.
And then let's look at US's involvements in Latin America:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r...
Funnily enough, the CIA overthrew Iran's democratically elected government in 1953, only to sanction them when they are not willing to be US's pawns anymore.
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/31/690363402/how-the-cia-overthr...