With $8 billion in Venezuelan oil money, U.S. gives $300 million in quake aid [NYT] ↳

Where the U.S. mounted a $3 billion relief effort with 7,000 troops after Haiti's 2010 earthquake, it has offered Venezuela just $300 million and roughly 900 personnel following June's twin quakes — a fraction of the estimated $8 billion in Venezuelan oil revenues Washington has collected since deposing Nicolás Maduro in January, the New York Times reports. 

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