The first vice president of the National Assembly, Pedro Infante, denounced that there is an attempt to ”distort and manipulate the truth” regarding the batch of medicines that the United States sent to Venezuela.
Infante’s statement comes in connection with a comment made by opposition deputy Henrique Capriles, who classified the shipment of the American medicine as “good news among so many difficulties.”
In this regard, Congressman Infante wrote on his media networks that “Venezuela appreciates international support from several countries.” Next, the director of the Legislative Branch broke down some of those countries that have been donating medical supplies to the country.
”Brazil donated material for guarantee dialysis to Venezuelan patients for 5 months,” said Deputy Infante, who also expressed gratitude to the President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, for the donation of $3 million for hospital medical equipment.
”Yesterday (February 13) we received a donation from the US for $945,000 in outpatient medicine; This is within the framework of the purchase that Venezuela is making of hospital medical equipment and medicine from this country for $140 million with money unlocked in the binational cooperation agenda,” said Deputy Infante, who highlighted in bold letters the phrase ”with unlocked money.”
The Minister of Communication, Miguel Ángel Pérez Pirela, and the president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, liked Infante’s publication. Inter alia.
