Comments by "Kenneth Hammond" (@kennethhammond6683) on "Ilhan Omar blames U.S. for Venezuela crisis" video.

  1. In his interview, de Zayas opened up about why he felt that the UN and much of the international community had ignored his findings despite the fact that he was the first UN official to visit and report from the country in 21 years: When I come and I say the emigration [of Venezuelans to other countries] 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.” Indeed, de Zaya’s past report and recent interview are at odds with the narratives commonly promoted by many media outlets and even some prominent NGOs, which lay the entirety of the blame for the country’s economic crisis on the Maduro-led government. https://www.mintpressnews.com/former-un-expert-us-sanctions-venezuela-largely-responsible-crisis-possible-crime-humanity/254334/
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  2. US sanctions against Venezuela are like “going into microsurgery with a kitchen knife” and are holding an entire population hostage. https://thegrayzone.com/2019/04/07/un-rapporteur-says-us-sanctions-against-venezuela-are-the-bluntest-way-to-engineer-regime-change-and-are-causing-blanket-starvation/
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