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LOCAL Saturday 23 February 2019

United for Venezuela

ORANJESTAD —February 23rd, 2019
is a very important day for Venezu-
ela. Humanitarian aid will get into
the country by air, land and sea.
Over 100 countries have joined to-
gether and stockpiled aid. The Ven-
ezuelan military, which is currently
under control of President Nicolás
Maduros, must decide whether to
allow aid to flow into the hands of
needy Venezuelans.

Aruba is also part of this big move-
ment. Venezuela’s death toll rises
day-by-day due to the shortage
of food and medicine. A group of
people will be gathering today at
Simon Bolivar Plaza in Oranjestad
between 10:00 Am and 12:00 PM
to receive donations, like baby for-
mula, vitamins, gloves, bandages,
toothpaste, soap, shampoo, wheel-
chairs, etc. However donations of
clothing, toys, sheets or shoes are
not accepted. All materials do-
nated will be sent to the gathering
center in Curacao and afterwards
forwarded to Venezuela.

A call for support is going out to the
entire community of Aruba to par-
ticipate in this humanitarian act.q