Chris Barrow
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910 appearances
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first heard Dec 2024
last heard 26 Jun
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pledging support.
She responded on social media to thank him and also responded directly to a message from President Trump saying that it was, you know, something that the nation would never forget, that helping hand being extended to the Venezuelan people during difficult times.
So from her part and her administration's point of view, the interim administration, we must remember in Caracas,
They want to keep this relationship healthy and happy in their time of need.
I wanted to ask you about what the reality of this help will look like now that USAID has been dismantled.
That was the organization which would have picked up on this.
We talked about some of the cuts that Elon Musk made to staff.
Their employees were dismissed.
So how is the reality of this now on the ground working out now that USAID is no more?
It's almost 12 months since the U.S.
Agency for International Development closed its doors.
And we were told at the time by President Trump that the spending should be more aligned with America first.
Now, arguably in Venezuela, there is no situation where his worldview might fit with that in that situation.
They want to remodel the politics and the economy in Venezuela, and they're in a time of need.
So this money, the new money being pledged, can be seen as that sort of reshaping domestically of the political situation.
Clearly, there was need there before the earthquake.
However, we've heard at the BBC from people talking about the health care crisis in Venezuela, which is already under strain before the earthquake.
And so, you know, you can see how, as we said at the start of this conversation, more than the original 150 million may be met if that need is going to be met as well.
Howard Griffith in Washington.
The US Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump can end legal protection for Haitians and Syrians and potentially deport hundreds of thousands of them.
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