An
internal government document reveals tactics of “economic warfare”
and “financial weapons” the US is using against Venezuela in the
name of “furthering capitalism.”
by
Ben Norton
Part
4 - US sanctions “comparable with medieval sieges of towns”
This is
precisely what led former UN rapporteur Alfred de Zayas to say, both
in an interview with The Independent and in a report on
Venezuela that he submitted to the UN Human Rights Council, that the
United States, and allies like the European Union and Canada, have
waged “economic warfare” on Venezuela.
De
Zayas, a legal expert who teaches international law at the Geneva
School of Diplomacy, wrote, “Modern-day economic sanctions and
blockades are comparable with medieval sieges of towns.” He
added, “Twenty-first century sanctions attempt to bring not just
a town, but sovereign countries to their knees.”
The
first UN rapporteur to report from Venezuela in a shocking 21 years,
de Zayas told The Independent, “When I come and I say the
emigration is partly attributable to the economic war waged against
Venezuela and is partly attributable to the sanctions, people don’t
like to hear that. They just want the simple narrative that socialism
failed and it failed the Venezuelan people.”
And the
US has not been alone in its aggression. The Bank of England has
likewise refused to let the sovereign government of Venezuela
withdraw its £1.2 billion of gold reserves. Instead, a UK foreign
office minister has sought to give that money to the Trump-appointed
coup leader, Juan Guaidó.
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