Also, Iran last year expanded its role in Venezuela, also under U.S. sanctions, sending supplies of light oil for refining and diluents to produce exportable crude grades.

Source: https://gcaptain.com/iranian-oil-exports-end-2022-at-a-high-despite-no-nuclear-deal/

But Cossio also blamed the flight of tens of thousands from the island on U.S. sanctions, saying that “there’s no doubt that a policy meant to depress the living standards of a population is a direct driver of migration.”

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/u-s-news/2023/01/us-reopening-visa-and-consular-services-at-embassy-in-cuba/

But Igor Girkin, a Russian nationalist and former Federal Security Service officer who helped launch the original Donbas war in 2014 and is under U.S. sanctions, has said Prigozhin is careless with the lives of his men.

Source: https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2023/01/15/analysis-russian-mercenary-boss-courts/

Contributing to economic disaster are U.S. sanctions and depressed oil prices over ten years or so.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/05/26/worker-empowerment-stalls-in-venezuela-as-left-unity-fractures/

In 2019, two tankers caught fire in the Black Sea region while transferring fuel at sea, leaving at least 10 crew dead, after one vessel was barred from using a port due to U.S. sanctions.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/oil-spills-and-near-misses-more-ghost-tankers-ship-sanctioned-fuel/article_3d9521e9-c90a-5821-af40-d361e59c734a.html

Like Iran, Zimbabwe is under U.S. sanctions.

Source: https://www.aol.com/news/irans-president-begins-rare-visit-062507915.html

LONDON/WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Iran's oil output and exports jumped in August despite U.S. sanctions, according to…

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/2c940794b9008beb?ref=ff

PDVSA leased 41 vessels last year, the documents said, paying about double the market rate, between $14,000 and $36,500 per day, to tanker owners willing to work with Venezuela despite U.S. sanctions imposed in 2019.

Source: https://gcaptain.com/report-finds-venezuelan-tankers-at-risk-of-sinking-fires-spills/

Peña’s presidential campaign was hit by U.S. sanctions on Cartes for alleged bribery and ties to Hezbollah, which Washington designates as a terrorist group.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/paraguay-ap-asuncion-south-america-taiwan-b2329655.html

Prigozhin and Wagner have been under U.S. sanctions for years.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/09/russias-wagner-group-ramping-up-operations-outside-of-ukraine-u-s-warns-00076859

The Kirin series has historically been designed by HiSilicon, and before the U.S. sanctions Huawei, worked with Taiwan's TSMC to manufacture it.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/exclusive-huawei-unit-ships-chinese-made-surveillance-chips-in-fresh-comeback-sign--sources/article_5cfac81a-5dc6-553a-b33c-1e3b53102bb3.html

The legislation strongly condemns Azerbaijan’s blockade of Artsakh, calls for U.S. sanctions and enforcing Section 907 restrictions on U.S. aid to Azerbaijan, and urges immediate humanitarian assistance to Artsakh.

Source: https://asbarez.com/savekarabakhcoalition-launched-to-stop-azerbaijan-from-committing-second-armenian-genocide/

U.S. sanctions exempt activities related to preservation and protection of cultural heritage sites, but sanctions-related obstacles remain, such as a ban on exporting U.S.-made items to Syria.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-06-lags-syria-famed-roman-palmyra.html

U.S. sanctions other countries for doing what Colorado just did (

Source: https://patriotpost.us/articles/103059-thursday-below-the-fold-2023-12-21