The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort
will depart Norfolk, Virginia on October 11 for a four-month medical assistance
mission in Ecuador, Peru, Columbia and Honduras. In particular, she will help
neighboring nations to deal with the flood of Venezuelan refugees fleeing the
collapse of their nation's economic system. “It is an absolutely a humanitarian mission.
We’re not sending soldiers; we’re sending doctors. And it’s an effort to deal
with the human cost of [Venezuelan President Nicolás] Maduro, and his
increasingly isolated regime,” said Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, speaking
during a visit to Colombia in August. More… 
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
U.S. Dispatches Hospital Ship to Help Venezuelan Refugees
The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort
will depart Norfolk, Virginia on October 11 for a four-month medical assistance
mission in Ecuador, Peru, Columbia and Honduras. In particular, she will help
neighboring nations to deal with the flood of Venezuelan refugees fleeing the
collapse of their nation's economic system. “It is an absolutely a humanitarian mission.
We’re not sending soldiers; we’re sending doctors. And it’s an effort to deal
with the human cost of [Venezuelan President Nicolás] Maduro, and his
increasingly isolated regime,” said Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, speaking
during a visit to Colombia in August. More… 
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