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CARL AZUZ: Second stop this Tuesday is in South America. We've told you how a collapsing1 economy is leaving many people in Venezuela hungry and unable to get the hygienic and medical supplies they need. Well, help is flowing to Venezuela from nations around the world. But some of it at least has been stopped at the country's western border with Columbia. Beginning last Friday, two truckloads of food and medicine from the United States were prevented from rolling onto Venezuelan soil.
The country's President Nicolas Maduro said, quote, "We are not beggars." and he added that the humanitarian2 aid is intended to humiliate3 Venezuela and justify4 military aggressions. Analysts5 say it's possible that the government's afraid that the supplies could be used as a cover for an invasion of Venezuela. But Juan Guiado who declared himself the new Venezuelan president in January, said the aid would be let in, because it's about saving lives, and that the officials who block it are keeping medicine and food from people in need.
As inflation in Venezuela spins out of control, with prices for everyday items soaring beyond what residents can pay, countries like Canada and Germany have pledged millions of dollars to help. What's unclear is whether the Maduro administration will accept it.
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collapsing
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| n.人道主义者,博爱者,基督凡人论者 | |
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humiliate
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| v.使羞辱,使丢脸[同]disgrace | |
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