Red Cross to Begin Humanitarian Aid Mission Inside Venezuela
- Organization plans to deliver relief to 650,000 Venezuelans
- Marks first time outside group permitted for in-country work
A person uses the light from a cellphone to view food inside a refrigerator during a power outage in Caracas on March 25, 2019.
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The Red Cross will begin distributing aid inside Venezuela in two weeks to about 650,000 people, the first time an outside agency will be allowed to deliver relief on the ground amid a spiraling humanitarian crisis
Francesco Rocca, president of the Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, told reporters in Caracas on Friday that the organization had reached an agreement with the government and opposition. President Nicolas Maduro has until now blocked any delivery of food and medicine as he’s denied Venezuela is beset by shortages and a broken health care system.