Sanctions vs Venezuela hinder vaccine purchase

MARACAIBO: Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza claimed on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) that without economic sanctions against the government of President Nicolas Maduro, the country would already have purchased all 30 million coronavirus vaccines it needs.

The United States, one of many countries not to recognize Maduro’s reelection in 2018, has frozen millions of dollars of Venezuelan money in US bank accounts.