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Venezuelan government and opposition leaders reach deal to feed the poor
November 28, 2022 11:15 AM CST BY MORNING STAR
The social agreement reached between the Venezuelan government and the right-wing opposition on Saturday proves that the U.S. policy of not recognizing Nicolás Maduro as the democratically elected president has failed, according to activists.
The two sides agreed at the meeting in Mexico City to create a fund managed by the United Nations to finance health, food, and education programs for the poor. The broad terms of the deal were announced by the head of a group of Norwegian diplomats guiding the negotiations.
“We have identified a set of resources belonging to the Venezuelan state, frozen in the global financial system, to which it is possible to access,” said Norwegian envoy Dag Nylander.
In Britain, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign national secretary Francisco Domingues said: “Venezuela is rescuing $3 billion that belongs to the nation but had been illegally retained by financial institutions as part of the U.S. policy of sanctions supported with the complicity of the European Union and the UK.”
More:
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/venezuelan-government-and-opposition-leaders-reach-deal-to-feed-the-poor/
