Today, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced she will participate in a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Global Coalition against Daesh, hosted by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in Washington, D.C., on February 6, 2019.
"The Maduro regime has violated Venezuela’s constitutional law and created an economic and political crisis that threatens the lives of millions of Venezuelans. We are all well aware of the challenge ahead...."
Support for coordinated funding for governments affected by migration so they can better absorb the burden of providing services to a growing population.
The Government of Canada today announced it will contribute $52.89 million toward an integrated stabilization, humanitarian and development response to support the people affected by the crisis in Venezuela, as well as the neighbouring countries receiving an influx of refugees and migrants.
The Governments of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, members of the Lima Group, express the following:
In response to the on-going humanitarian, economic and political crisis in Venezuela, we reaffirm Venezuela’s right to peace, democracy and humanitarian assistance and express the following:
The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development, today issued the following statement: “I have lost count of the number of times someone in the developing world has inspired me profoundly. The number of times I have met women, men and young leaders who dare to defy convention, stand up for human rights and speak out against inequality in their society.