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Rowley wants end to Venezuelan sanctions
Posted: Saturday, February 27, 2021
Rowley wants end to Venezuelan sanctions
He added, "As for the Venezuelan relationship we would like to see a dispassionate early review of the US "scorched earth policy" here since, as the United Nations's assessment confirms what we always knew, and that is, that the ineffective harsh policies of unilateral sanctions are contributing immensely to widespread additional indiscriminate human suffering in this Caribbean Nation which needs help, a compassionate ingredient which is not beyond US leadership."
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Dr Rowley, who is also Caricom chairman, made this appeal to the US during a virtual interview with the Atlantic Council. The council is a US-based, non-partisan organisation founded in 1961 to provide a forum for international political, business and intellectual leaders.
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