'At this crucial time, both for global public health reasons, and to support the rights and lives of millions of people in these countries, sectoral sanctions should be eased or suspended,' the U.N.'s human rights chief said.
That same day, senior Justice Department officials targeted another Washington adversary already hit with trade restrictions. Criminal charges were announced against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro for partnering with the left-wing insurgent Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia in an attempt"to flood the United States with cocaine in order to undermine the health and wellbeing of our nation," U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr alleged.
"At this crucial time, both for global public health reasons, and to support the rights and lives of millions of people in these countries, sectoral sanctions should be eased or suspended," Bachelet said in a statement Wednesday."In a context of global pandemic, impeding medical efforts in one country heightens the risk for all of us."
Mocking President Donald Trump's recent appeal to South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in for ventilators to accommodate the growing number of U.S. COVID-19 patients, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mohammad Javid Zarif wrote Thursday on Twitter:"Even as the world's largest economy needs others to help it fight the pandemic, yet refuses to halt its #EconomicTerrorism against Iran.""Does the US want a 'forever pandemic'?" Zarif tweeted.
The issue has divided the international community with dozens of U.S. partners across the Americas, Europe and other parts of the world recognizing Guaidó--while others such as China, Russia, Iran and more maintain relations with Maduro. The United Nations also continues to recognize the latter's administration, which has overseen a sharp economic decline accelerated by mounting U.S. sanctions since 2017.
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