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Lifting US sanctions and restoring Venezuela’s access to its frozen assets is essential to save lives and support recovery efforts after the devastating June earthquakes.
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Article • Ecuador News Round-Up
Ecuador’s president Daniel Noboa is facing a series of challenges, including an ongoing internal security crisis, questions around his economic reform plans, and concerns over new military cooperation with the US.
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Article • Haiti Watch
Several members of the US Congress have warned that “another armed foreign intervention in Haiti will not result in the necessary Haitian-led transition to a democratic government.”
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Three years ago this month, as a parting shot mere days before leaving office, Donald Trump placed Cuba on the State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT) list, triggering a range of new sanctions against the island nation.
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In this edition: House passes bill to kill agreement unfreezing $6 billion for humanitarian use in Iran, and much more.
Article • Haiti Watch
On November 30, former coup leader Guy Philippe was deported to Haiti. Philippe was released from prison in the US in September after serving six-plus years on charges related to drug trafficking and money laundering.
Article • Sanctions Watch
In this edition: a new World Bank report finds that sanctions helped drive a massive jump in poverty and a “lost decade” of economic growth in Iran, and much more.
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Sanctions and funding gaps hamper aid and recovery efforts after deadly earthquakes rock Afghanistan;
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Albuquerque Journal: Extremist foreign policy is both a product of our corrupt political system, and a powerful force in its perpetuation.
