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Exposing Trump’s deadly sanctions on Venezuela
KEN LIVINGSTONE looks in-depth at the story of US sanctions on Venezuela
Men stand alongside vehicles lined up to enter a petrol station during a nationwide fuel crunch, in Caracas, Venezuela
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THE imposition of sanctions is just one of many weapons used by the United States in its war on Venezuela, but a particularly deadly one.
The ultimate goal is “regime change” — to bring down the country’s government and gain access to the wealth to be made from the largest oil deposits in the world.
Two legal mechanisms laid the groundwork for these long-running sanctions, which have been extended again and again during the Trump presidency.
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