U.S. Foreign Policy: Myanmar versus Venezuela

The repressive military government in Myanmar (Burma) just put to death 4 pro-democracy activists. It’s been a year and a half since it came to power through a coup annulling the results of democratic elections. Yet the only sanctions imposed by Washington on that nation are against 4 individuals. Compare that with the sanctions in place since 2017 against Venezuelan oil, gold, its digital currency (the Petro) and confiscation of property such as CITGO and $342 million dollars of Venezuelan central bank (BCV) deposits in Citibank. The double standards are just too blatant, and yet not a word from the corporate media pointing to such an obvious example of hypocrisy.