Tag: humanitarian aid

• Thursday, November 19th 2020 - 08:26 UTC

  Trump administration tightens the noose on Cuba: bans charter flights with alleged humanitarian cargo

  

  The U.S. Transportation Department said on Wednesday it is denying exemptions for two charter flight companies to deliver humanitarian cargo to Cuba, the latest crackdown by the Trump administration.

• Tuesday, May 14th 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  Venezuela receives 71 tons of medical supplies from China

  

  A second airplane from China carrying medical supplies including medicine arrived in Venezuela on Monday as part of a “humanitarian technical” cooperation agreement between President Nicolas Maduro's government and the Asian powerhouse.

• Thursday, April 18th 2019 - 09:42 UTC

  Red Cross humanitarian aid begins to flow into Venezuela; first shipment was flown in from Panama

  

  A second shipment of Red Cross humanitarian aid will arrive in Venezuela in around three weeks, the charity organization said on Wednesday, reiterating its plea for the issue not to be politicized.“There's a shipment coming by sea that we expect to be in the country on May 8,” said Hernan Bongioanni, the Red Cross commissioner for this mission.

• Saturday, March 30th 2019 - 08:30 UTC

  Red Cross ready to supply humanitarian aid to Venezuela, apparently negotiated with Maduro's regime

  

  The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said on Friday it was prepared to channel humanitarian aid to Venezuela through an operation that could be similar to one in Syria, potentially helping ease chronic hunger and disease in the South American nation. President Nicolas Maduro in February blocked efforts by political opponents to bring US-backed aid into the country across its borders with neighboring Colombia and Brazil, and has denied the country is suffering a humanitarian crisis.

• Thursday, March 28th 2019 - 08:52 UTC

  OAS approves “Humanitarian Assistance in Venezuela”; Uruguay votes against

  

  The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) approved on Wednesday the resolution “Humanitarian Assistance in Venezuela” encouraging member states, permanent observers, and the competent international organizations “to continue providing support and implementing measures to address the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela.”

• Monday, February 25th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  What are the next steps for Guaidó after the failed humanitarian operation?

  

  “I will return by the airport,” responded the leader of the Venezuelan National Assembly and proclaimed the president in charge, Juan Guaidó, during a press conference in the border city of Cúcuta, Colombia. And is that after the end of the failed humanitarian operation that failed to internalize the oil country tons of food and medicine, many wonders how Guaidó will concretely return to Venezuela.

• Saturday, February 23rd 2019 - 19:31 UTC

  Maduro announces “total rupture” of relations between Venezuela and Colombia

  

  In the midst of a tense day in which there have been clashes between volunteers and Venezuelan military officials on the borders of the country, President Nicolás Maduro, considered a usurper by the parliament of his country, announced the “total” cessation of diplomatic relations with Colombia.

• Saturday, February 23rd 2019 - 11:00 UTC

  Venezuela: What will happen today?

  

  Venezuela will live a historic day this Saturday, February 23: thousands of people will gather at the borders of the country for a massive mobilization that expects to receive tons of humanitarian aid.

• Saturday, February 23rd 2019 - 10:55 UTC

  Guaido appeared at the “Venezuela Aid Live” in Colombia along with Duque, Piñera and Abdo

  

  The president of the National Assembly (AN) and recognized Venezuela’s interim president for half a hundred countries, Juan Guaidó, arrived this Friday by surprise to the Colombian city of Cúcuta, where the concert “Venezuela Aid Live” was held, organized by the British billionaire Richard Branson. Guaidó said that he crossed the border to the Colombian side thanks to the support of the Armed Forces of his country despite the prohibition to leave the country that the administration of Nicolás Maduro imposed on him.

• Friday, February 22nd 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Maduro closes the border with Brazil; Guaidó leads caravan to Colombian border

  

  President Nicolas Maduro ordered the closure of Venezuela's border with Brazil on Thursday in an increasingly fraught power struggle. Guaido set out in a convoy of vehicles to personally pick up US aid being stockpiled on the other side of the Colombian border, defying Maduro's military to stop him.