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Montevideo, April 20th 2024 - 09:42 UTC

Tag: humanitarian aid

  • Thursday, February 21st 2019 - 09:09 UTC

    Maduro's regime closes air and sea traffic from Caribbean islands to block humanitarian aid

    The move came ahead of a Saturday deadline by the opposition for Maduro to end a blockade and allow the delivery of humanitarian aid

    Venezuela’s government said on Wednesday that it was closing its border to air and sea traffic from three Caribbean islands in an effort to block aid shipments to the country organized by the Venezuelan opposition.

  • Wednesday, February 20th 2019 - 16:15 UTC

    Maduro challenges Guaido to call elections

    Elections in Venezuela are organized by the National Electoral Council, where four out of the five rectors are manifestly militants of the ruling party and their terms are expired.

    The head of Venezuela's ruling regime, Nicolás Maduro, asked the head of the National Assembly (AN), Juan Guaidó, recognized as interim president of the same nation by some 50 countries, to call presidential elections on Tuesday. Maduro's challenge is given because he believes he would defeat him and this would put an end to the dispute over the executive power that has marked an institutional crisis unprecedented in the Caribbean country.

  • Tuesday, February 19th 2019 - 09:23 UTC

    Trump calls on Venezuelan military to support opposition leader Juan Guaido

    Trump issued a dire warning to Venezuela's military if they continue with Maduro: “you will find no safe harbor, no easy exit, no way out. You will lose everything.”

    President Donald Trump said on Monday that “a new day is coming in Latin America,” as he sought to rally support among the largest Venezuelan community in the U.S. for opposition leader Juan Guaidó. Speaking at Florida International University in Miami before large American and Venezuelan flags, Trump said the U.S. stands behind Guaido, whom the U.S. recognizes as the country's rightful president, and condemns President Nicolas Maduro's government and its socialist policies.

  • Saturday, February 16th 2019 - 16:36 UTC

    US Air Force plane takes off with help for Venezuela

    The aircrafts transport boxes sealed with the label of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), contain food and assistance for about 25 thousand people

    A C-17 cargo plane of the United States Air Force took off Saturday from the Homestead Air Force Base, in Florida, with the Venezuelan-Colombian border as the destination. The aircraft is one of three that will transport 250 tons of food, hygiene kits and nutritional supplements, a congressional aide to the US Congress told the Associated Press (AP).

  • Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 22:11 UTC

    United Kingdom confirms humanitarian aid for Venezuelans

    UK's aid will ensure people fleeing their homes have access to critical support, including through the provision of mobile health clinics and help meet the immediate needs of those forced to flee

    The government of the United Kingdom announced on Tuesday that it will grant 6.5 million pounds, approximately 8.4 million dollars, to finance the different humanitarian agencies that are in the region assisting Venezuelan citizens inside and outside their country.

  • Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

    Unexpected meeting of Uruguay and Argentina to address the Venezuelan situation

    Vazquez and Macri will meet on Wednesday at the Anchorena park, a twenty minutes helicopter flight from Buenos Aires

    Presidents from Uruguay and Argentina, Tabare Vazquez and Mauricio Macri, will be meeting on Wednesday to discuss an open agenda, but which according to Buenos Aires sources will be centered on the Venezuelan situation, where the two countries hold different positions. The meeting is scheduled to take place in Colonia, at the Anchorena Park, which is an official resting place of the Uruguayan Executive, and a twenty minutes helicopter flight distance from Buenos Aires.

  • Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

    Brazil ready to provide humanitarian aid to Venezuela through Roraima

    The aid to be sent to the Brazilian state of Roraima bordering Venezuela would come from Brazil’s government, private companies and other nations, Belandria said. (Referencial photo)

    Venezuelan opposition envoy Maria Teresa Belandria was received as her country’s official ambassador in Brazil on Monday and said Brazil’s government would provide all possible support to get humanitarian aid to the border.

  • Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 09:47 UTC

    Guaido delivers a “symbolic” first cargo of humanitarian aid

    Guaido tweeted a photo of himself surrounded by stacks of white pots of vitamin and nutritional supplements. He did not say from where or whom they came.

    Venezuela’s opposition leader, Juan Guaido, said on Monday his team had delivered a first cargo of the humanitarian aid that has become a flashpoint in his tussle with President Nicolas Maduro, without specifying how it had received it.

  • Monday, February 11th 2019 - 08:33 UTC

    Guaidó warns Venezuelan military that blocking humanitarian aid is a “crime against humanity”

    The warning comes as international aid has taken centre stage in a test of wills between Guaido and Maduro in which the military is seen as the pivotal player

    Opposition leader Juan Guaido, recognized by some 50 countries as Venezuela's interim president, warned the military on Sunday that blocking humanitarian aid from entering the country is a “crime against humanity.”

  • Friday, February 8th 2019 - 08:43 UTC

    Humanitarian aid arrives to Cucuta, a bridge away from Venezuela

    Escorted by police motorcycles, the trucks pulled into Cucuta, where Venezuelans were waiting to see whether Maduro’s government would clear the border road

    Trucks carrying humanitarian aid for crisis-stricken Venezuela arrived in the Colombian border city of Cucuta on Thursday as diplomatically-isolated President Nicolas Maduro appeared set to block its entry amid an escalating political crisis.