Canada announced $ 40 million in humanitarian aid to Venezuelans

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday a grant of 53 million Canadian dollars (40 million US dollars) intended for the Venezuelan population.

Canadian aid is for "to meet the most urgent needs of Venezuelans in the fieldmore than three million refugees, primarily, "said Trudeau at the entrance of a meeting of the Group of lima in Ottawa to solve the crisis in the Caribbean country.

"The bulk of funds will go to reliable partners and neighboring countries to help them support Venezuela and Venezuelans", explained the president.

Earlier, he said in Spanish that "it is an essential moment for the people of Venezuela" and that "the time has come for the democratic transition", with new support for Juan Guaidó as acting president of the southern country -American.

The political conflict in Venezuela is taking place in the midst of a serious economic crisis, characterized by hyperinflation and shortages of food and medicine, which have caused the exodus of some 2.3 million people since 2015, according to the UN.

Before $ 20 million initial badistance offered by Washington in JanuaryNicolás Maduro called the opponents "imperialist beggars".

The Chávez leader considers humanitarian aid as the door to US military intervention and fears that this will become a new source of dissent in his circle of allies. When aid shipments arrive at the border, probably by Colombia, The army that protects the area must decide to maintain the refusal of madurismo to receive it or if it meets the needs of millions of Venezuelans who suffer from lack of food and medicine.

(With information from AFP)