Friday 8 January 2021
FLASHBACK: Venezuelans arrive at Los Iros via pirogue last November. In December, a boat believed destined for TT sank off the coast of Guiria with at least 33 people drowning. FILE PHOTO -
THE US Embassy told Newsday it was satisfied with the accountability of recipients of aid it had given to help alleviate fallout from the Venezuelan migrant influx to Trinidad and Tobago.
Ambassador Joseph Mondello, in a recent statement on the situation in Venezuela, had said the US had in recent times donated US$11 million towards alleviation, but in response the Prime Minister said he knew nothing of it, speaking at a post-Cabinet briefing.