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The US Has Placed Itself In Charge Over Which Nations Get To Eat
Johnstone, Caitlin
http://caitlinjohnstone.com/2021/10/17/the-us-has-placed-itself-in-charge-over-which-nations-get-to-eat/Date Written: 2021-10-17 Year Published: 2021 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX25369 The Colombian-born Venezuelan citizen Alex Saab, as it happens, is a "fugitive" from the US government's self-appointed authority to decide which populations on our planet are permitted to have ready access to food. His crime is working to circumvent the crushing US sanctions which have been starving Venezuelan civilians to death by the tens of thousands. Abstract: - Excerpt: Saab’s "crime" — according to the U.S. government, which ordered the imprisonment — was money laundering. That is, Saab conducted perfectly legal international trade. Still, his circumventing of the U.S. sanctions – which are designed to prevent relief to the Venezuelans – is considered by Washington to be money laundering. After a two-year investigation into Saab's transactions with Swiss banks, the Swiss government concluded on March 25 that there was no money laundering. Saab is being prosecuted because he is serving his country’s interest rather than that of the U.S. Subject Headings |