UN: 2.3M Have Fled Venezuela

The United Nations said Tuesday that an estimated 2.3 million Venezuelans had fled the country as of June, mainly to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters that those fleeing cited lack of food as the main reason for leaving Venezuela, which has a population of 32.8 million. He said U.N. humanitarian officials reported that 1.3 million of those who had fled suffered from malnourishment. Dujarric also said severe shortages of basic...

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