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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/ce8a55e4eca835e8 https://verfassungsblog.de/us-sanctions-state-crime/ Law, Coercion, and State Crime - US’s Economic Sanctions in Latin America and the Caribbean Atiles, Jose eng 2025-02-04 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Cuba Latin America Sanctions State Crime tariffs United States USA Venezuela Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On January 26, 2025, President Donald J. Trump announced via Truth Social retaliatory measures against Colombia following President Gustavo Petro’s refusal to allow US deportation flights. These included a 25% emergency tariff on Colombian imports, escalating to 50% within a week. The Trump administration’s use of unilateral economic sanctions on countries opposing US policies is part of a long history of imperial interventions. Sanctions are central to the colonial arsenal of economic statecraft, disproportionately targeting the Global South. I argue that sanctions should be recognized as a form of state crime due to their socially injurious effects.