(Los Angeles Times) Sanctions Are Making Venezuela’s Earthquake Toll So Much Worse - cepr.net
(Los Angeles Times) Sanctions Are Making Venezuela’s Earthquake Toll So Much Worse - cepr.net
Source: cepr.net
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DW NOTE
Venezuela has been under comprehensive U.S. sanctions since 2019, blocking oil exports and freezing access to international finance. When an earthquake hits a sanctioned country that cannot import medical supplies or reconstruction machinery because correspondent banks refuse the transactions, the death toll becomes a policy outcome, not a natural disaster.