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New Humanitarian: In Venezuela, the elderly are the ‘invisible victims’ “…The ongoing economic and humanitarian crisis in the country — once one of the richest in South America — is making it nearly impossible for [elderly Venezuelans] to scrape by, stay healthy, and receive care and support in their old…

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Reuters: Haiti political morass fuels growing crisis of hunger, malnutrition “…While Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, has long had one of the world’s highest levels of food insecurity, drought has ravaged harvests for the last few years, worsening food shortages and raising prices. … Compounding that, anti-government protests…

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U.S. Department of State: Delivering Life-Saving Humanitarian Relief to Venezuelans in Need This fact sheet provides an overview of U.S. assistance to Venezuela, noting, “Since 2017, the United States has provided over $656 million in aid to the Venezuela crisis, of which nearly $473 million is humanitarian assistance for the…