Thursday 31 January 2019

Who represents Venezuela? U.N., international lenders stuck in limbo

By Michelle Nichols and Lesley Wroughton UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three days after proclaiming himself Venezuela's head of state, Juan Guaido wrote to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres asking for help in tackling the country's urgent humanitarian crisis. But Venezuela's seat at the 193-member world body is held by President Nicolas Maduro's government and Guterres is unable to ramp up a humanitarian response in Venezuela without Maduro's approval or U.N.

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