On Tuesday, President Joe Biden threatened new sanctions on Myanmar after a military coup and the arrest of government civilian leaders, including Aung San Suu Kyi.
Biden condemned the country's military for the coup, calling it a direct attack on the country's progress towards democracy and the rule of law.
"The United States has lifted sanctions on Myanmar over the past decade based on the progress towards democracy," Biden said in a statement. That setback will promptly review our laws and powers and then take appropriate action. "The United States will support democracy wherever it is attacked."
Myanmar has been a project to promote Western democracy for decades and is a symbol of some success. But over the years, there have been growing concerns about its return to dictatorship.
Myanmar has emerged from decades of military rule and international isolation that began in 1962, and Monday's event was a dramatic decline.
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