Economics
Maduro Shuns Humanitarian Aid While Asking for Sanctions Relief
- Venezuela’s embattled leader warns of foreign intervention
- ‘We are not beggars. I will not let our people be humiliated’
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Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro has an offer for the U.S.: If you want to bring humanitarian aid into the country, you must lift economic sanctions first.
The autocratic leader, who blames U.S. imposed sanctions for shortages of food and medicine that existed long before, said he will not allow the delivery of humanitarian aid expected to reach Venezuelan borders as soon as this week. The shipments are being orchestrated by Juan Guaido, who is challenging Maduro as the legitimate head of the nation, and an international coalition including the U.S. and Canada.