Online exchange blocked in Venezuela ahead of health bonuses
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and SCOTT SMITHAugust 21, 2020 GMT
MIAMI (AP) A currency exchange website appeared Friday to have been blocked in Venezuela as the online platform prepared to launch a U.S.-backed plan to provide assistance to underpaid health workers battling the coronavirus in the South American country.
Opposition leader Juan Guaidó had announced Thursday that starting Monday he would begin registering the 62,000 “Health Heroes” who are to soon receive $100 monthly bonuses in digital wallets provided by Mexico City-based Airtm.
But Airtm’s co-founder, Josh Kliot, said that in anticipation of the launch some of the company’s 500,000 users in Venezuela reported they were unable to access the website. He blamed the socialist government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro for the outages.
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