International Rescue Committee Warns Venezuela's Fuel Shortages, Quarantine Measures Risk Dire Hunger, Insecurity Across Country
April 21, 2020
April 21, 2020
NEW YORK, April 21 -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release:
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is deeply concerned about fuel shortages and mandatory quarantines in Venezuela due to their potential and already realized impacts on hunger and social unrest across the country. Reports of children starving and continuing to beg on the streets are not new, but are increasingly evident in this time. And with strict quarantine measures, social unrest i . . .
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is deeply concerned about fuel shortages and mandatory quarantines in Venezuela due to their potential and already realized impacts on hunger and social unrest across the country. Reports of children starving and continuing to beg on the streets are not new, but are increasingly evident in this time. And with strict quarantine measures, social unrest i . . .