UN rights expert urges US and others to drop sanctions against Venezuela

The UN Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures and human rights, Alena Douhan, on Friday urged the US, the EU and other states to lift sanctions enforced against Venezuela, claiming they have only”exacerbated pre-existing calamities.” Douhan, who’d been traveling around Venezuela for two weeks talking to”the broadest assortment of individuals to listen to their expertise […]