Venezuelan Foreign Minister rules out humanitarian crisis
(VOVWORLD) - There is no humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza told reporters at UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday.
 Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza (Photo: france 24.com) |
He said Venezuela’s economy is being blockaded because of US sanctions and accused the US of using aid as a political tool aimed at regime change. US aid has been piling up in Colombia at the border with Venezuela, but a bridge border crossing has been barricaded by the military under President Nicolas Maduro's orders.
The UN said it will bring humanitarian goods to Venezuela, a country from which millions of people have fled, when Mr. Maduro allows it.