The U.S. reviews its Venezuela sanctions policy amid rising tensions after Maria Corina Machado’s disqualification from the presidential elections. This development challenges the U.S.’s earlier decision to ease trade restrictions, a move that contributed to an 8% growth in Venezuela’s economy last year, the highest in over a decade. Washington’s easing of sanctions was contingent […]
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