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The US waives oil sanctions and agrees to “terminate all” sanctions as part of a potential final agreement with Iran, as the Trump administration re-tightens restrictions on Russian oil sales and the G7 pushes for additional sanctions on Moscow.
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Article • Sanctions Watch
The Trump administration imposes its first Russia sanctions while snapback measures on Iran begin to bite. For the 33rd time, the UN GA overwhelmingly votes to condemn and call for end of US embargo on Cuba.
Article • Sanctions Watch
The UN imposes “snapback” sanctions on Iran as Congress remains divided over repeal of the Caesar Act. Trump urges Europe to tariff India and China over Russia.
Article • Sanctions Watch
The US sanctions Brazilian health officials for hosting Cuban medical missions while it urges UN to lift sanctions on Syrian president. Europeans warn of snapback sanctions on Iran.
Article • Haiti Watch
The two superficially contradictory developments — the consolidation of the private sector’s hold over government and the targeting of the private sector for sanctions and law enforcement action — have set off a wave of DC-based lobbying activity in recent months.
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Financial Times: Francisco Rodríguez writes for the Financial Times about a major new finding on the deadly impact of economic sanctions, which are associated with around half a million deaths per year, a toll comparable to that of armed conflicts.
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Trump signals plans to cut Cuba’s remaining economic lifelines and threatens sanctions on Russia. Lancet Global Health study finds sanctions are as deadly as war.
Article • Mark Weisbrot’s Columns
Los Angeles Times: Broad economic sanctions, most of which are imposed by the US government, kill hundreds of thousands of innocent people each year — disproportionately children.
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A new study published in the British medical journal The Lancet Global Health finds that unilateral economic sanctions lead to about 564,000 excess deaths around the world each year.
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This study, published in The Lancet Global Health, estimates that unilateral sanctions were associated with an annual toll of 564,258 deaths, similar to the global mortality burden associated with armed conflict.
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Trump’s statement that “sanctions [on Syria] were brutal and crippling” reveals an implicit but rarely admitted truth: while often presented as a restrained, peaceful alternative to war, the reality is that sanctions have been harming the Syrian people all along.
