The Price of Sanctions is Human Lives
... help, even gratis , will have to apply for special licences and wait for the approval of regulators. Even NGOs can be hit by sanctions. The alternative is smuggling and semi-legal schemes, which increase costs several times over, and are fraught with ... ... danger of criminal prosecution. Other countries face a similar situation. The first COVID-19 cases have been registered in Syria, a country that is in a state of war. The strict oil embargo has resulted in a shortage of petrol, which is needed by both the military and medics. Cuba has faced fuel shortages as a result of a U.S.-led embargo for years now. Venezuela and a number of other countries have ...