ed ". ▁ ▁The ▁Wall ▁Street ▁Journal ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁accept ance ▁of ▁human itar ian ▁ship ments ▁by ▁Mad uro ▁was ▁his ▁first ▁acknowled g ement ▁that ▁Venezuela ▁is ▁" s uffer ing ▁from ▁an ▁economic ▁collapse ", ▁adding ▁that ▁" until ▁a ▁few ▁days ▁ago , ▁the ▁government ▁maintained ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁crisis ▁and ▁it ▁didn ' t ▁need ▁outside ▁help ". ▁Gu a id ó ▁said ▁the ▁accept ance ▁of ▁human itar ian ▁aid ▁was ▁the ▁" result ▁of ▁our ▁pressure ▁and ▁ins istence ", ▁and ▁called ▁on ▁Venez uel ans ▁to ▁" st ay ▁vig il ant ▁to ▁make ▁sure ▁incoming ▁aid ▁is ▁not ▁di vert ed ▁for ▁' cor rupt ' ▁purposes ". ▁Mad uro ▁and ▁Ar re aza ▁met ▁with ▁representative ▁of ▁the ▁International ▁Committee ▁of ▁the ▁Red ▁Cross ▁( IC RC ) ▁on ▁ 9 ▁April , ▁and ▁Mad uro , ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time , ▁indicated ▁he ▁prepared ▁to ▁accept ▁international ▁aid — although ▁den ying ▁a ▁human itar ian ▁crisis ▁exists . ▁Red ▁Cross ▁was ▁allowed ▁access ▁to ▁pr isons ▁in ▁Venezuela ▁for ▁first ▁time ▁since ▁before ▁Ch á vez ▁died , ▁r anging ▁from ▁pr isons ▁holding ▁largely ▁foreign ers ▁to ▁pr isons ▁holding ▁largely ▁political ▁prisoners ▁to ▁military ▁det ention ▁cent ers . ▁I ris ▁V are la , ▁pr isons ▁minister ▁said ▁the ▁deleg ates ▁were ▁invited ▁so ▁they ▁could ▁share ▁the ▁amaz ing ▁quality ▁of ▁Venez uel an ▁reform ▁cent ers ▁with ▁the ▁world . ▁The ▁IC RC ▁announced ▁a