US EditionA US shipment of medicine to Venezuela signals a new era of cooperation
The 6-ton shipment aims to stabilize Venezuela's collapsed health system and is the first of multiple planned U.S. donations signaling renewed bilateral cooperation.
- On Friday, a U.S. shipment arrived in Venezuela, containing 6 metric tons of supplies and was received by Laura Dogu, U.S. top diplomat in Venezuela, and Félix Plasencia at Maiquetía airport outside Caracas.
- Venezuela's decade-long crisis left the public health care system collapsed, forcing patients in Venezuelan hospitals to provide basic supplies like syringes and surgical screws.
- Félix Plasencia described the donation as `a message of cooperation among two sovereign countries` and said more U.S. shipments will follow in the coming days.
- The delivery is intended to relieve immediate shortages across Venezuelan hospitals where patients who supply their own medical items currently face gaps, officials said the incoming medical donations support stabilizing the health system.
- The delivery signals a new spirit of cooperation between the United States and Venezuela, with Félix Plasencia calling it `a message of cooperation among two sovereign countries` and a Venezuelan official saying `We're doing the best for our people.
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February 13, 2026 – Caracas – EFE. A major shipment of medical supplies from the United States arrived in Venezuelan territory on Friday as part of the recent diplomatic agreements between the two nations. The delivery, which exceeds 6,000 kilograms of medicines, was supervised by representatives of the United States delegation in Caracas. This logistical movement takes place in a context of openness and review of the restrictive policies that W…
This Friday, a shipment that exceeds six tons of medicines and medical supplies arrived from the United States to Venezuela. The operation represents a concrete step in the process of rapprochement between the two countries after years of tensionRead more
The U.S. Department of State announced this Friday that it has sent more than 6,000 kilos of priority medical supplies, an action framed in Washington's program for the transition in the Caribbean country after the overthrow of Nicolás Maduro. "By order of President (Donald) Trump, the U.S. today sent by plane the first 25 pallets (more than 6,000 kilograms) of priority medical supplies to the Venezuelan people as part of the three-phase plan of…
A U.S. shipment of medicine to Venezuela signals a new era of co-operation
A shipment from the United States of medicine and medical supplies arrived in Venezuela on Friday, reflecting a new spirit of cooperation between the two countries following the stunning capture last month of then-President Nicolás Maduro.
The United States deposed President Nicolás Maduro on January 3 and then announced it would closely monitor his oil exports.
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A US shipment of medicine to Venezuela signals a new era of cooperation
The United States has sent a shipment of medicine and medical supplies to Venezuela, reflecting what many say is a new spirit of cooperation between the two countries.
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