{"id":6362,"date":"2017-08-31T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/?p=6362"},"modified":"2017-08-28T13:25:10","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T18:25:10","slug":"socially-sanctioning-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/2017\/08\/31\/socially-sanctioning-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"Socially Sanctioning Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6364\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6364\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jokamadruga\/8649418545\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6364\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2017\/08\/8649418545_c74d46237d_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2017\/08\/8649418545_c74d46237d_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2017\/08\/8649418545_c74d46237d_z-300x132.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6364\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Joka Madruga, Flickr CC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following food shortages and civil unrest in Venezuela, President Trump has vocalized the possibility of US military intervention in the South American country, and has also taken steps to impose harsh sanctions on Venezuela as part of a general critique of Venezuela\u2019s President Maduro. In an <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/business\/article169299207.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">article<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The News Observer, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tulane sociologist <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.tulane.edu\/liberal-arts\/sociology\/smilde-profile.cfm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David Smilde<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> explains how the costs and benefits of sanctions aren\u2019t just economic, they are also social \u00a0&#8212; a large part of the Venezuealan story involves Maduro\u2019s supporters\u2019 ability to rally the general populace against perceived enemies. From the article: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David Smilde, a Tulane University sociologist who has spent decades researching Venezuela, said blanket economic sanctions that cut off the government&#8217;s cash flow and hurt the population are likely to strengthen Maduro in the short-term.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;They would bolster his discourse that Venezuela is the target of an economic war,&#8221; said Smilde.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However &#8230; action from an increasingly concerned international community represents the best chance of reining in Maduro, he added.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following food shortages and civil unrest in Venezuela, President Trump has vocalized the possibility of US military intervention in the South American country, and has also taken steps to impose harsh sanctions on Venezuela as part of a general critique of Venezuela\u2019s President Maduro. 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