Mexico City, Mexico, February 14, 2023 (venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro expressed his condolences to President Bashar al-Assad in a phone call Monday with his Syrian counterpart after more than 36,000 people were killed and thousands injured when a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Syria and Turkey last week. However, a common consequence of widespread sanctions is a phenomenon known as overcompliance, whereby firms refuse to do business with a sanctioned country due to fear of running afoul of strict US sanctions despite not necessarily violating unilateral coercive measures.