United States sent six tons of medicines to Venezuela
The United States sent more than 6 tons of priority medical supplies to Venezuela this Friday, as part of the stabilization, recovery, and transition plan in that country, the State Department reported.
TL;DR
- The United States sent more than 6 tons of priority medical supplies to Venezuela.
- This is the first shipment of a significant effort to increase critical medical supplies in Venezuela.
- The U.S. captured President Nicolás Maduro on January 3 and announced it would closely control oil exports.
- Money raised from oil sales would be used to buy U.S. material.
- The medical supplies will be distributed by the provisional Ministry of Health.
- The strategy aims to attract private sector investment and help Venezuela move towards self-sufficiency.