Canadian government’s supporting Trump’s efforts to starve Venezuelans

Ottawa has not criticized the devastating U.S. sanctions. Quite the opposite. It has egged the bully on. Canada has imposed four rounds of its own unilateral sanctions on Venezuela, writes Bianca Mugyenyi.

Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured in Ottawa on Feb. 6, 2020, directed his July 5 Venezuela Independence Day commemoration to Guaido and three days later tweeted, 'Canada stands in support of Juan Guaido,' writes Bianca Mugyenyi. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY BIANCA MUGYENYI

July 22, 2020

MONTREAL—This is what empowering a bully looks like. The Canadian government is supporting Donald Trump’s efforts to starve Venezuelans. Before dismissing what may sound like over-the-top rhetoric, hear me out. The U.S. government has imposed a remarkable series of unilateral coercive economic...

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