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| According
to U.S. government report,
since 2017, the country
has provided more than
$195 million in
humanitarian assistance to
Venezuelan people / U.S. Aid
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United States pre-positions
humanitarian assistance
in Curaçao to help Venezuelans
in need
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By
the A.M. Costa Rica
wire services
On Wednesday, the
United States pre-positioned
humanitarian relief supplies in
Curaçao, a constituent country
of the Kingdom of the
Netherlands, to help people
affected by the political and
economic crisis in Venezuela.
The collapse of health care in
Venezuela has left nearly all
hospitals in the country in
desperate need of basic
medicines and supplies, and
prompted outbreaks of diseases
that were thought to be under
control.
The commercial delivery to
Curaçao contains four emergency
health kits manufactured in the
Netherlands, which contain
medicines and medical
supplies-including bandages,
gauze, examination gloves,
thermometers, and
syringes-designed to fill
immediate medical gaps for
people affected by emergencies.
The kits can cover the priority
health needs of 40,000 people
for three months.
The pre-positioning of these
relief supplies would not have
been possible without the
support of the governments of
Curaçao and the Netherlands.
“These efforts not only
demonstrate the strong
partnership between our nations
but also underscore our shared
commitment to helping the people
of Venezuela,” said the U.S.
government in its statement
In response to the request made
by Interim Venezuelan President
Juan Guaidó, the United States
has pre-positioned hundreds of
metric tons of critical relief
supplies in Colombia and Brazil
- procured both locally and
internationally - to help tens
of thousands of Venezuelans.
This includes food, medical
supplies, hygiene kits,
nutrition products, and units
for the purification and storage
units of water. To be effective,
however, the Maduro regime must
allow this critical aid to enter
Venezuela.
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The
U.S. government
is coordinating
with governments
in the region,
and regional
humanitarian
partners, on the
logistics of
providing
emergency relief
to Venezuelans
safely and
efficiently.
According to
U.S. government
report, since
2017, the
country has
provided more
than $195
million-including
more than $152
million in
humanitarian
assistance and
approximately
$43 million in
development and
economic
assistance-to
support the
generous efforts
of countries in
the region that
are hosting the
nearly 3.4
million people
who have fled
the chaos and
starvation in
Venezuela.
In addition, on
January 24,
2019, Secretary
of State Pompeo
announced that
the United
States “is ready
to provide more
than $20 million
in additional
funding to
support
humanitarian
assistance
activities
inside
Venezuela.”
The
pre-positioned
aid in Curaçao
is part of this
initial
humanitarian
assistance for
the people
inside of
Venezuela.
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international
leaders put more
pressure on
Nicolas Maduro
to allow aid to
enter the
country?
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