US donates US$11m to NGOs to help Venezuelan migrants
Thursday 24 December 2020
File photo of Venezuelans onboard a pirogue making its way to Los Iros beach in TT - Lincoln Holder
THE United States government has donated US$11 million to local NGOs and international organisations to help Venezuelan migrants in Trinidad and Tobago, said a post on the social media platforms of the US Embassy on Thursday.
The post came after the Prime Minister told a post-Cabinet briefing on Wednesday that he knew nothing of such a donation, but wished he did.
Dr Rowley himself was responding to a US Embassy statement last Monday which had criticised the Venezuelan government’s performance, and declared the US government the largest donor of humanitarian aid in the Venezuelan crisis.
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