Venezuela urged to accept migration aid

QUITO: A group of Latin American countries signed a resolution on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) urging Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro to accept humanitarian

migration crisis. Hundreds of thousands of peo-

in Venezuela that has resulted in food and medicine shortages as

Following two days of meetings hosted by Ecuador, the signatories called for “the creation of a humanitarian assistance mechanism that will allow the critical situation international organizations” to care for the communities of their

Maduro’s right-hand man, Diosdado Cabello hit back, calling the group “disgusting” and “shameful” and accused it of “asking for money.”

Of the 13 countries meeting in Quito, only Venezuela’s left-wing

- ment, while the Dominican Republic was unable to do so immediately

The group called on Maduro to guarantee migrants wishing to “I think we’re sending an important message to the millions

our region,” said Chile’s director of consular affairs and immigration, Raul Sanhueza.

“We’re telling them that we’re going to accept their expired documents for migratory purposes.”

According to the United Nations, some 1.6 million people

although Maduro claimed on

The country is suffering a fourth year of recession, while the International Monetary Fund says journeys, often on foot, to try to Cabello during a session of the leftist regime-dominated assembly, which he heads.

cars and computers.” Cabello described images of

“Hollywood-style campaign” and “magical realism” like a book by the late and renown Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez.