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Venezuela accepts first Red Cross aid shipment

By Daniel Jativa
Published April 16, 2019 9:47pm ET
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Venezuela accepts first Red Cross aid shipment
A woman with a child receives an empty container for water and water purification pills during the Red Cross' first aid shipment in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 16, 2019. In late March, the Red Cross federation announced it would soon begin delivering assistance to an estimated 650,000 people and vowed that it would not accept interference from either side of the polarized country. | (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

The first shipment of humanitarian assistance from the Red Cross has made its way into Venezuela Tuesday.

The Maduro regime struck a deal with the organization to begin the protected flow of aid into the South American country.

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