Venezuela suffers effects of Trump’s aid, foreign policies after deadly quakes
Summary
President Donald Trump’s closure of US development agency USAID adds hurdles to humanitarian relief efforts in quake-hit Venezuela, says Christopher Sabatini, Latin America Programme Director at Chatham House. “Right now, the Trump administration has to coordinate a multi-agency effort when in fact, an agency that already existed could have done that much more efficiently," notes Sabatini.
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