Bangladesh, Jan. 31 -- “The United States seems destined by Providence to plague Latin America with misery in the name of liberty” – Venezuelan revolutionary hero Simón Bolívar, 1829.

US sanctions have killed tens of thousands of Venezuelans, according to the 2021 United Nations report that examined the effects of banking restrictions and economic embargo imposed on the South American country.

“Sectorial sanctions on the oil, gold and mining industries, the economic blockade, the freezing of Central Bank assets, the targeted sanctions imposed on Venezuelans and third country nationals and companies and the over-compliance by banks and third-country companies have exacerbated the pre-existing economic an...