The neglected humanitarian impact of the Venezuela crisis

Regardless of the outcome of the election, I trust that the Canadian delegation will commit more aid to respond to this rapidly growing humanitarian crisis.

Chrystia Freeland, minister of foreign affairs, is pictured at a Lima Group press conference in Ottawa Feb. 4, 2019. Canada is a founding member of the group, but must do more in terms of actions and resources to help Venezuela, writes Jean-Nicolas Beuze. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JEAN-NICOLAS BEUZE

October 23, 2019

Far too often, in my view, politics overshadows people. Here in Canada, the humanitarian emergency in Venezuela has drifted in and out of the headlines. News stories have explained to us the consequences of the economic turmoil triggered by a spiralling inflation. Politicians have taken a stand on w...

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