The US may name Venezuela as a state sponsor of terrorism. Here’s why that could backfire, by Alex Ward

....The problem, other analysts worry, is that giving Venezuela the designation means America will curtail its ability to help the millions of citizens suffering from disease and malnutrition under Maduro’s rule.

The US currently provides around $100 million in aid to the country, which is experiencing an economic crisis due to massive inflation of its currency and kleptocracy from elites. Millions have fled the country as refugees, many of them into Colombia, to escape the poor conditions.

“The Venezuelan people need humanitarian assistance,” says Fabiana Perera, an expert on Latin American politics at George Washington University. “Continuing to provide assistance and pressuring the regime to accept aid would be more useful to Venezuelans than the state sponsor of terrorism designation.”

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