Venezuela receives cargo containing medical supplies from Cuba and China | Chronic

The Minister of Health of Venezuela, Carlos Alvarado, announced Thursday the arrival of 933 tons of drugs and medical equipment from Cuba, allies of the Government of China to China Nicolás Maduro, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and "some direct purchases" from the ministry.

"At the moment, we are receiving, they are already there, 64 containers with different types of drugs, these contain 933 tons of medical supplies" Chavez's official said in statements to the VTV state channel of the port of La Guaira, capital of the state of Vargas (north) and the region of Caracas.

Alvarado, who reported on the arrival of these drugs at a time when the opposition-controlled National Assembly is demanding that humanitarian aid be allowed in the country because of the crisis in the health sector. "periodic form" medicines and medical equipment.

"It's no wonder we received containers here in the port of La Guaira", he commented, explaining that most of these drugs and materials "come from the agreement with Cuba" and China.

"There are also (some) inputs from the Revolving Fund and the PAHO Strategic Fund", he added, according to the news agency EFE.

Alvarado explained that in the 64 containers, there is "more than 18 million units of drugs" enter "anesthetics, vaccines, antibiotics, nutrients for pregnant women, antipyretics, badgesics, gastric protectors, physiological solutions".

According to the official version, they also arrived at 22,575 medical equipment spare parts, 192,000 diagnostic test kits, and "more than 100,000 cytology kits".

He said that the investment of these drugs and materials amounted to about 23 million euros.

Venezuela, the country with the largest proven oil reserves in the world, is going through a serious economic crisis that has led to shortages of medicines and food for more than four years.

The situation has led Parliament, with a majority of opposition, to declare the country in a humanitarian crisis, for which it has requested badistance in this regard and that the United States, Colombia and others countries provided.

However, Maduro – who is going through a governance crisis while it is unknown to several countries of the world after being elected at the conclusion of a vote qualified as fraudulent – refuses to accept this help, believing that it could give way to a foreign invasion.

Humanitarian aid requested by the President of Parliament, Juan Guaidó, who was proclaimed interim president in January by the National Assembly, is stuck at the Colombian border and the opposition has chosen to ask the armed forces to allow their planned entry on 23 February.