Severely ill children left in limbo by Venezuela-US crisis

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Severely ill children left in limbo by Venezuela-US crisis
JOSEPH WILSON and LUIS ALONSO LUGO

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Carlos Acosta thought his prayers had been answered when he was able to fly his son out of Venezuela, where hospitals lack basic supplies, to Spain for a needed bone marrow transplant.

That was until Acosta’s 12-year-old son Jesus, along with at least eight other severely ill children, became the unintended victims of U.S. sanctions against companies tied to the embattled government of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.

The bills for Acosta and Jesus, who had the operation but requires follow-up care and possibly a second transplant, had been covered by the Houston-based “Simon Bolivar Foundation,” a charity funded by Citgo, a subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-run oil giant PDVSA.

Read more at: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/23/severely-ill-children-left-in-limbo-by-venezuela-u/