[rad-green] Economists Demand Trump Immediately Lift Iran, Cuba and Venezuela Sanctions That Are 'Feeding the Coronavirus Epidemic'
"Sid Shniad" (via rad-green Mailing List) <[email protected]> Sun, 22 Mar 2020 15:07:58 -0700
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1584914901-7785-164602 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000000062b205a178c132" --0000000000000062b205a178c132 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable *https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/19/economists-demand-trump-immed= iately-lift-iran-cuba-and-venezuela-sanctions-are <https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/19/economists-demand-trump-immed= iately-lift-iran-cuba-and-venezuela-sanctions-are>Common Dreams March 19, 2020* *Economists Demand Trump Immediately Lift Iran, Cuba, and Venezuela Sanctions That Are 'Feeding the Coronavirus Epidemic'"This policy is unconscionable and flagrantly against international law. It is imperative that the U.S. lift these immoral and illegal sanctions."by Jake Johnson, staff writer* *Health workers measure the body temperatures of passengers as a precaution against the coronavirus in Qom, Iran on March 17, 2020. (Photo: Fatemah Bahrami/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)* A group of economists and policy experts on Wednesday called on <https://cepr.net/press-release/us-government-should-immediately-lift-econo= mic-sanctions-to-avoid-causing-more-deaths-from-pandemic-economists-say/> President Donald Trump to immediately lift the United States' crippling sanctions against Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, and other countries, warning that the economic warfare=E2=80=94in addition to being cruel in itself=E2=80=94is "f= eeding the coronavirus epidemic" by hampering nations' capacity to respond. "This policy is unconscionable and flagrantly against international law. It is imperative that the U.S. lift these immoral and illegal sanctions to enable Iran and Venezuela to confront the epidemic as effectively and rapidly as possible," Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs said in a statement <https://cepr.net/press-release/us-government-should-immediately-lift-econo= mic-sanctions-to-avoid-causing-more-deaths-from-pandemic-economists-say/> just hours after the Trump administration intensified sanctions against Iran <https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/18/literally-weaponizing-coronav= irus-despite-one-worlds-worst-outbreaks-deadly-virus-us>, which has been devastated <https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/19/while-coronavirus-ravages-= iran-us-sanctions-squeeze-it/> by COVID-19. "Economic sanctions, as the U.S. is applying against Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, and other countries, cause immense harm." =E2=80=94Mark Weisbrot, Center for Economic and Policy Research Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), said "there is no doubt that Iran's capacity to respond to the novel coronavirus has been hampered by the Trump administration's economic sanctions, and the death toll is likely much higher than it would have been as a result." Weisbrot warned that continued sanctions against Iran could have devastating consequences for other nations in the region as they work to stop the spread of the virus. "There can... be no question that the sanctions have affected Iran's ability to contain the outbreak," said Weisbrot, "leading in turn to more infections, and possibly to the virus' spread beyond Iran's borders." "If the U.S. government is going to assist other countries, let alone provide some kind of leadership role during this global crisis, the first thing it should do is 'cause no harm,'" Weisbrot added. "Economic sanctions, as the U.S. is applying against Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, and other countries, cause immense harm." Pressure on the U.S. to lift its international economic sanctions came as the official coronavirus death toll in Iran surpassed 1,100 <https://time.com/5806091/iran-coronavirus-covid19-death-toll/>. Meanwhile, Venezuela remains on lockdown <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-17/venezuela-orders-lock-d= own-as-coronavirus-cases-nearly-double> after dozens of people tested positive for the virus and Cuba confirmed <https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cuba-confirmed/cuba-= confirms-its-first-three-cases-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z04G> its first cases of COVID-19 last week. Economist Francisco Rodr=C3=ADguez, a leading expert on the Venezuelan econ= omy, said that U.S. sanctions against Venezuela and other nations have severely hindered their ability to respond to the pandemic, which has infected nearly 220,000 people worldwide. "This has dramatic consequences on the lives of their citizens and exacerbates a major global health risk," said Rodr=C3=ADguez. --=20 ---=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= Sid-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/= sid-l/CACKppcwRfZSN856zhV%3DPR9Q3HXJqKth5AcYAg7kZf%3DMsn45ZMA%40mail.gmail.= com. --0000000000000062b205a178c132 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default"><b><font face=3D"georgia, ser= if"><a href=3D"https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/19/economists-dema= nd-trump-immediately-lift-iran-cuba-and-venezuela-sanctions-are" target=3D"= _blank">https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/19/economists-demand-trum= p-immediately-lift-iran-cuba-and-venezuela-sanctions-are</a><br><br><font s= ize=3D"4">Common Dreams=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 March 19, 2020</f= ont></font></b></div><div class=3D"gmail_default"><b><font face=3D"georgia,= serif"><font size=3D"4"><br></font><font size=3D"6">Economists Demand Trum= p Immediately Lift Iran, Cuba, and Venezuela Sanctions That Are 'Feedin= g the Coronavirus Epidemic'</font><br><br><font size=3D"4">"This p= olicy is unconscionable and flagrantly against international law. It is imp= erative that the U.S. lift these immoral and illegal sanctions."</font= ><br><br><font size=3D"4">by Jake Johnson, staff writer</font></font></b></= div><div class=3D"gmail_default"><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><br></font><= div style=3D"font-size:17px;box-sizing:inherit"><div style=3D"box-sizing:in= herit"><div style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><div style=3D"box-sizing:inherit">= <font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif"><img src=3D"https://www.com= mondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_large/public/headlines/iran_cor= onavirus.png?itok=3DbpKjUoFS" width=3D"472" height=3D"247" alt=3D"" style= =3D"box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;margin-right:0px"></font></div></div></di= v></div><div style=3D"font-size:12px;box-sizing:inherit;background-image:in= itial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat= :initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;padding:5px 10px= "><div style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><div style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><p st= yle=3D"box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georg= ia, serif"><b style=3D"background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Health workers me= asure the body temperatures of passengers as a precaution against the coron= avirus in Qom, Iran on March 17, 2020. (Photo: Fatemah Bahrami/Anadolu Agen= cy via Getty Images)</b></font></p></div></div></div><div style=3D"font-siz= e:17px;box-sizing:inherit"><div style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><div style=3D"= box-sizing:inherit"><div style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><p style=3D"box-sizin= g:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif">A group of econo= mists and policy experts on Wednesday=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://cepr.net/pres= s-release/us-government-should-immediately-lift-economic-sanctions-to-avoid= -causing-more-deaths-from-pandemic-economists-say/" style=3D"box-sizing:inh= erit;background:0px 0px;text-decoration-line:none" target=3D"_blank">called= on</a>=C2=A0President Donald Trump to immediately lift the United States&#= 39; crippling sanctions against Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, and other countries,= warning that the economic warfare=E2=80=94in addition to being cruel in it= self=E2=80=94is "feeding the coronavirus epidemic" by hampering n= ations' capacity to respond.</font></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit">= <font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif">"This policy is uncons= cionable and flagrantly against international law. It is imperative that th= e U.S. lift these immoral and illegal sanctions to enable Iran and Venezuel= a to confront the epidemic as effectively and rapidly as possible," Co= lumbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs said in a=C2=A0<a href=3D"https:/= /cepr.net/press-release/us-government-should-immediately-lift-economic-sanc= tions-to-avoid-causing-more-deaths-from-pandemic-economists-say/" style=3D"= box-sizing:inherit;background:0px 0px;text-decoration-line:none" target=3D"= _blank">statement</a>=C2=A0just hours after the Trump administration=C2=A0<= a href=3D"https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/18/literally-weaponizin= g-coronavirus-despite-one-worlds-worst-outbreaks-deadly-virus-us" style=3D"= box-sizing:inherit;background:0px 0px;text-decoration-line:none" target=3D"= _blank">intensified sanctions against Iran</a>, which has been=C2=A0<a href= =3D"https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/19/while-coronavirus-ravag= es-iran-us-sanctions-squeeze-it/" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background:0p= x 0px;text-decoration-line:none" target=3D"_blank">devastated</a>=C2=A0by C= OVID-19.</font></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;float:right;font-size:18p= x;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:70= 0;line-height:24px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px 20= px;text-align:right;width:263.35px"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia= , serif">"Economic sanctions, as the U.S. is applying against Iran, Cu= ba, Venezuela, and other countries, cause immense harm."<br style=3D"b= ox-sizing:inherit">=E2=80=94Mark Weisbrot, Center for Economic and Policy R= esearch</font></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" f= ace=3D"georgia, serif">Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economi= c and Policy Research (CEPR), said "there is no doubt that Iran's = capacity to respond to the novel coronavirus has been hampered by the Trump= administration's economic sanctions, and the death toll is likely much= higher than it would have been as a result."</font></p><p style=3D"bo= x-sizing:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif">Weisbrot = warned that continued sanctions against Iran could have devastating consequ= ences for other nations in the region as they work to stop the spread of th= e virus.</font></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" = face=3D"georgia, serif">"There can... be no question that the sanction= s have affected Iran's ability to contain the outbreak," said Weis= brot, "leading in turn to more infections, and possibly to the virus&#= 39; spread beyond Iran's borders."</font></p><p style=3D"box-sizin= g:inherit"></p><div style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"></div><p style=3D"box-sizi= ng:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif">"If the U.= S. government is going to assist other countries, let alone provide some ki= nd of leadership role during this global crisis, the first thing it should = do is 'cause no harm,'" Weisbrot added. "Economic sanctio= ns, as the U.S. is applying against Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, and other countr= ies, cause immense harm."</font></p><div align=3D"center" style=3D"box= -sizing:inherit"></div><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><font color=3D"#0000= 00" face=3D"georgia, serif">Pressure on the U.S. to lift its international = economic sanctions came as the official coronavirus death toll in Iran=C2= =A0<a href=3D"https://time.com/5806091/iran-coronavirus-covid19-death-toll/= " style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background:0px 0px;text-decoration-line:none"= target=3D"_blank">surpassed 1,100</a>. Meanwhile, Venezuela=C2=A0<a href= =3D"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-17/venezuela-orders-loc= k-down-as-coronavirus-cases-nearly-double" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;back= ground:0px 0px;text-decoration-line:none" target=3D"_blank">remains on lock= down</a>=C2=A0after dozens of people tested positive for the virus and Cuba= =C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cuba= -confirmed/cuba-confirms-its-first-three-cases-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z04G= " style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background:0px 0px;text-decoration-line:none"= target=3D"_blank">confirmed</a>=C2=A0its first cases of COVID-19 last week= .</font></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D= "georgia, serif">Economist Francisco Rodr=C3=ADguez, a leading expert on th= e Venezuelan economy, said that U.S. sanctions against Venezuela and other = nations have severely hindered their ability to respond to the pandemic, wh= ich has infected nearly 220,000 people worldwide.</font></p><p style=3D"box= -sizing:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif">"This= has dramatic consequences on the lives of their citizens and exacerbates a= major global health risk," said Rodr=C3=ADguez.</font></p></div></div= ></div></div></div></div> <p></p> -- <br /> <br /> --- <br /> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &= quot;Sid-l" group.<br /> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">sid-l+unsubsc= [email protected]</a>.<br /> To view this discussion on the web visit <a href=3D"https://groups.google.c= om/d/msgid/sid-l/CACKppcwRfZSN856zhV%3DPR9Q3HXJqKth5AcYAg7kZf%3DMsn45ZMA%40= mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=3Demail&utm_source=3Dfooter">https://groups.googl= e.com/d/msgid/sid-l/CACKppcwRfZSN856zhV%3DPR9Q3HXJqKth5AcYAg7kZf%3DMsn45ZMA= %40mail.gmail.com</a>.<br /> --0000000000000062b205a178c132-- ------------=_1584914901-7785-164602 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> List help: <https://riseup.net/lists> ------------=_1584914901-7785-164602--