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Canada Pledges $53M in Humanitarian Aid for Venezuela
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and Peruvian Foreign Minister Néstor Popolizio make remarks as the Lima Group emergency meeting on Venezuela's political crisis gets underway in Ottawa. Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, whom Canada and other countries have recognized as Venezuela's interim president, provides videotaped remarks. Freeland is hosting her counterparts from the Lima Group countries. During his opening remarks, the prime minister announces that Canada is committing $53 million in aid for Venezuela’s humanitarian needs. Three million refugees and migrants have fled Venezuela's humanitarian crisis. (February 4, 2019) (no interpretation)