US sanctions against Venezuela ‘counterproductive': Santos
US sanctions against Venezuela ‘counterproductive': Santos
Apr 9, 2015 posted by Alice Bradshaw-Smith
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday labeled recent US sanctions against Venezuela “counterproductive,” reinforcing an opinion that has previously been expressed by his administration.
Santos made the statement in a written interview given with newspaper Miami Herald on the eve of the 7th Summit of the Americas taking place in Panama.
“History has demonstrated that unilateral sanctions are counterproductive in the long run,” Santos wrote the Miami Herald, adding that “for this reason, on principle, we have rejected them.”
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The Union of South American Nations, which speaks for the continent’s 12 independent countries, had already demanded the US drop the sanctions in a statement issued in March, calling them “a threat to sovereignty and the principle of non-intervention in the internal affairs of other states.”
http://colombiareports.co/us-sanctions-against-venezuela-counterproductive-santos/