Foreign Minister Yván Gil said that the European Union does not develop or register any humanitarian aid projects in the country and denounced that these resources “end up in the pockets of intermediaries and supposed NGOs.”
Venezuela rejected receiving an amount of 14.5 million euros from the European Union for humanitarian aid. Foreign Minister Yván Gil reported through his Telegram account that “not one euro of these funds reaches our people. The European Union “It does not develop or register any humanitarian project in Venezuela.”
Through a statement, the chancellor stated that this money is “another corruption operation disguised as solidarity” and assured that these resources would not reach the country because “they end up in the pockets of intermediaries and supposed NGOs,” which he says make international financing “a business.”
Likewise, he asserted that the European Union does not develop or register any humanitarian projects in the country.
Yván Gil questioned that Brussels imposes cuts, demands adjustments and limits the health, housing and employment budgets in its own States and proudly announces new millions for Venezuela.
This Monday, November 3, the European Union announced that it will allocate 21.5 million euros in response to the worsening of the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and Haiti and countries affected by the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
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The resources are intended for essential assistance such as food, health care, protection and emergency aid to those most in need, the European Commission indicated in a statement.
The money destined for Venezuela is intended to alleviate the crisis, including its repercussions in countries like Colombia. The main areas of intervention are protection, healthcare and nutrition.
Five million euros will go to the emergency response to Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti.
The remaining two million euros of this allocation will be dedicated to helping people affected by the crisis in Haiti, where unprecedented levels of gang violence continue to endanger many communities and force people to flee.
These are funds donated through that mechanism by France, Luxembourg, Belgium and Germany, which include shelters, water and sanitation, protective equipment and energy support.
*Journalism in Venezuela is carried out in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments in place to punish the word, especially the laws “against hate”, “against fascism” and “against the blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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