[HN Gopher] U.S. blocks Myanmar junta's attempt to empty $1B fro...
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       U.S. blocks Myanmar junta's attempt to empty $1B from Federal
       Reserve account
        
       Author : partingshots
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2021-03-04 21:50 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (mobile.reuters.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (mobile.reuters.com)
        
       | supergirl wrote:
       | that's why I keep all my savings in DOGECOIN
        
       | joshstrange wrote:
       | Good, I'm skeptical of country-wide sanctions as the more I learn
       | about them the more it seems they hurt the civilians more than
       | they push the leaders but I'm all for anything target directly at
       | their military (the people responsible for the coup). The history
       | of Burma/Myanmar and the reason for why the military staged a
       | coup is very sad, I know the elected leader had/has her own
       | problems but this was clearly a move to take back power when they
       | saw it slipping through their grasp after the last election (and
       | the fact their current military is facing a term/age limit).
       | Prior to the coup the military has a special provision that gave
       | them 25% of the seats in their cabinet/parliament which gave them
       | a pretty decent hold but with the most recent elections they
       | could have been overruled.
        
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