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Donoso, Claudia (Faculty Mentor)

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Digital Commons at St. Mary's University

Publication Date

Spring 2026

Keywords

Sanctions, Foreign Intervention, Economics, Human Security

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Enforced in 2005, the U.S sanctions in Venezuela were the first form of restrictive mechanisms for the perspective outcome of reducing human right abuses, antidemocratic action, and corruption. Since then, the United States has imposed several sanctions on the Venezuela government to which it has enforced the idea of whether it takes corruption to fight corruption. While imposed U.S sanctions on Venezuela were intended to pressure the Maduro government into democratic reform without corruption and human rights violation over the region, these sanctions have done more harm on Venezuelan citizens rather than help them. The initial purpose of sanctions are designed to isolate an economy in order to force compliance. This research investigates whether United States sanctions have jeopardized the fundamental economic rights and human security of Venezuelan citizens to pressure the Maduro government into democratic reform. This paper questions whether the internal economic mismanagement and jeopardization of human rights contributed to Venezuela’s instability are caused by the interference of the United States government. Specifically, it seeks to discuss how the problem is not simply about the restriction on the Maduro government operations and systems, but the restriction of human security and economic rights to Venezuelan citizens. This study argues whether the United States government has violated the principles of International Law such as the OAS charter and UN Charter. By analyzing, the economic and political effects of U.S sanctions on Venezuela, this paper examines how rather than producing regime change, it has pushed the Venezuelan regime towards greater authoritarian control, deeper political and economic suppression, and increased humanitarian crisis.

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San Antonio, Texas

U.S Sanctions in Venezuela: The Jeopardication of International Human Security and Economic Stability

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