Report Finds US Sanctions on Venezuela Are Responsible for Tens of Thousands of Deaths | Press Releases

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[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

Why aren't the events that led up to the sanctions being blamed?

[–]HibikiBlack 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yep. What about the millions of dollars that the socialists themselves admitted that were lost in corruption, the family members of Maduro being caught with 20$ million worth of Cocaine being transported from Venezuela to Haiti to the US, or the millions of dollars worth that the socialists themselves have in the US in terms of both properties and bank accounts?

Non of this gets any attention. All we get is the socialists are good guys, the US doesn't let them work biased black and white narrative.

Seriously /u/magnora7 ... Are you following these posts?

[–]wizzwizz4 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The job of the admins is to enforce the Pyramid of Debate, not your personal conception of political neutrality.

[–]fred_red_beans[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

So why don't you make some posts that have and back up that information? I'd be interested in seeing it.

[–]fred_red_beans[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What events are you referring to?

The fact that Venezuela has a huge oil basin?

U.S. Sanctions Are Aimed at Venezuela’s Oil. Its Citizens May Suffer First. - NYT

[–]SuperConductiveRabbi 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What percentage of deaths is their steadily declining, socialist government responsible for?

[–]Afor 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I didn't know the US was responsible for supplying Venezuela. So are the US stealing their own produce by refusing to sell it to Venezuela?

[–]fred_red_beans[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No, the US is blocking the purchase of oil from PDVSA. Chavez (Maduro's predecessor) steered the Venezuela economy towards heavy reliance on oil exports. With the US blocking oil exports, Venezuela has a hard time paying for and importing things not made in Venezuela like medicines.

Report: US Sanctions Have Cost 40,000 Venezuelan Lives

Based on a number of different studies, the report estimates that sanctions were responsible for 40,000 deaths in 2017-2018, and that there are a further 300,000 people at risk due to lack of access to medicines. This includes “80,000 HIV patients who have not had antiretroviral treatment since 2017, 16,000 people who need dialysis, 16,000 people with cancer, and 4 million with diabetes and hypertension.”

[–]HopeThatHalps 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

This is nice and all, but nothing matters anymore.

[–]fred_red_beans[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm sorry :(