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Jenashly Matos stands inside her bedroom in the El Atlantico neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. The 9-year-old has big dreams of one day becoming a doctor and helping people. But the challenges she faces growing up today in a poor barrio in Venezuela's capital amid a historic pandemic are hefty. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

UN: Pandemic threatens Latin America’s next generation

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

In this undated photo courtesy of the Heath family, Matthew Heath is seen at his mother's home in Knoxville, Tennessee. The former U.S. Marine corporal was arrested at a roadblock in Venezuela on Sept. 10, 2020, and accused by President Nicolás Maduro of being a terrorist and spying for Donald Trump, but the American’s plight has largely gone unnoticed. (Heath family via AP)

The mystery surrounding the former Marine held in Venezuela

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

In this undated photo courtesy of the Heath family, Matthew Heath is seen at his mother's home in Knoxville, Tennessee. The former U.S. Marine corporal was arrested at a roadblock in Venezuela on Sept. 10, 2020, and accused by President Nicolás Maduro of being a terrorist and spying for Donald Trump, but the American’s plight has largely gone unnoticed. (Heath family via AP)

Mystery surrounds former Marine’s imprisonment in Venezuela

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Hugo Chavez’s ex-nurse indicted in US for money laundering

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

In this March 12, 2020, photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) **FILE**

Venezuelan president: Key oil refinery attacked; 2 detained

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro rubs his mouth during a ceremony to commemorate Public Servant Day, at the Planalto Presidential Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Latin America weighs in on Trump-Biden election

By Frederic Puglie - Special to The Washington Times

Elena Suazo, a kindergarten cafeteria worker, puts on the protective gear she brought from home, outside the entrance to the COVID-19 wing of José Gregorio Hernández Hospital which used to be the emergency room, as she prepares to enter and care for her 76-year-old hospitalized father, in the Catia neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. In this ruined country, the only way to ensure that he received the care he needed was to do it herself, regardless of the dangers to her own health. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuelans brave COVID wing to bathe, feed sick loved ones

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez with his wife Lilian Tintori and their son and daughter pose for a photo after a news conference in Madrid on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. Prominent opposition activist Leopoldo López who has abandoned the Spanish ambassador's residence in Caracas and left Venezuela after years of frustrated efforts to oust the nation's socialist president is holding a news conference in Madrid. (AP Photo/Andrea Comas)

From Spain, top dissident vows to fight for free Venezuela

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 2, 2019 file photo, Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez smiles during a press conference at the gate of the Spanish ambassador's residence in Caracas, Venezuela. Lopez left the residence where he had been a guest since April 30, 2019 and is leaving Venezuela people close to the opposition leader said on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Maduro foe joins family in Spain after fleeing Venezuela

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 2, 2019 file photo, Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez smiles during a press conference at the gate of the Spanish ambassador's residence in Caracas, Venezuela. Lopez left the residence where he had been a guest since April 30, 2019 and is leaving Venezuela people close to the opposition leader said on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Opposition activist leaves embassy haven to flee Venezuela

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

Senate Foreign Relations Committee ranking member Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, during a hearing on U.S. policy in a changing Middle East. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

US deported Venezuelans through third country despite risks

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and GISELA SALOMON - Associated Press

Venezuelan migrants walk to Bogota as they pass through Tunja, Colombia, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Thousands of Venezuelans are heading to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru in search of work as these countries reopen their economies following months of lockdowns. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Venezuelans once again fleeing on foot as troubles mount

By MARIANA PALAU and MANUEL RUEDA - Associated Press

Argentina's Lionel Messi celebrates scoring his side's first goal during a qualifying soccer match against Ecuador for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 at the Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020.(Agustin Marcarian/Pool via AP)

Argentina, Uruguay win in long-awaited World Cup qualifiers

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

The TIPCO tower stands in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. One of Asia's biggest asphalt companies, Tipco Asphalt, is helping Venezuela skirt harsh U.S. sanctions by moving hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of the state-run oil company PDVSA, according to an Associated Press investigation. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

To dodge sanctions, Venezuela turns to Asia asphalt giant

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Venezuela defender meets 7-month-old daughter before match

By JORGE RUEDA and MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Control of Venezuelan gold held in London cast into doubt

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Men sit on a curb alongside vehicles lined up to enter a gas station during a nation-side fuel crunch, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Sept 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela receives gasoline from Iran amid surge in protests

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ - Associated Press

In this UNTV image, Nicolás Maduro Moros, President of Venezuela, speaks in a pre-recorded video message during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, at UN headquarters in New York. The U.N.'s first virtual meeting of world leaders started Tuesday with pre-recorded speeches from heads-of-state, kept at home by the coronavirus pandemic. (UNTV via AP)

Venezuela’s Maduro blasts US in speech to world leaders

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

Ada Mendoza's nephew touches her pregnant belly while standing in her parents' apartment where she lives with her partner and seven relatives in the Catia neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. Mendoza, who must use public transport to get to her prenatal care visits, is doing her best to avoid contracting COVID-19. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

AP Photos: Mothers-to-be face challenges in Venezuela

By JORGE RUEDA and MATIAS DELACROIX - Associated Press

In this handout photo released by Colombia's Presidential Press Office, Colombian President Ivan Duque and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo bump elbows before their meeting at the presidential house in Bogota, Colombia, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020. Pompeo on Saturday wrapped up a tour of four South American countries — three of them neighbors of Venezuela, whose socialist government is under intense U.S. pressure. (Nicolas Galeano/Colombia's Presidential Press Office via AP)

Pompeo finishes Latin America tour with focus on Venezuela

Associated Press