Online Talk: COVID 19 & the Economic War against Venezuela [] Center for Global Justice

In the midst of the pandemic, the war against Venezuela has been escalating. U.S. sanctions have driven Venezuela’s oil exports to their lowest levels in nearly 80 years, starving President Nicolas Maduro’s government of its main source of revenue. In mid-July, U.S. Special Envoy Elliott Abrams threatened to “go after” shipping companies that continue to transport Venezuelan oil.

On July 2, a decision by the U.K.’s High Court blocked the Venezuelan Central Bank’s efforts to repatriate gold reserves being held by Bank of England on the pretext that the U.K. recognizes U.S.-backed Juan Guaidó–an opposition figure who has appointed himself “interim president”–as Venezuela’s leader… Read more

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