US sanctions cost Venezuela billions: Paredes

Contributed by NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 20 FEB (NAMPA) – Venezuela’s Ambassador to Namibia, Omar Ernesto Berroteran Paredes, said his country’s economy lost more than US.dollars 30 billion due to sanctions from the United States of America over the last few years.
“Please tell me which country in the world can resist an impact in their economy with such a criminal blockade against our financial institutions and oil industry,” he told the media after presenting his letter of credence to President Hage Geingob at State House on Wedn ...