V enez uela ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁country ▁of ▁fam ine . ▁It ▁has ▁very ▁high ▁levels ▁of ▁nut ri ents ▁and ▁access ▁to ▁food ". ▁He ▁also ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁was ▁int ending ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁human itar ian ▁crisis ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁justify ▁a ▁military ▁inter vention ▁there . ▁J oint ▁studies ▁shared ▁that ▁same ▁month ▁by ▁EN CO VI , ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁research ers ▁from ▁And rés ▁B ello ▁Catholic ▁University , ▁Central ▁University ▁of ▁Venezuela ▁and ▁Sim ón ▁Bol í var ▁University , ▁showed ▁that ▁in ▁Venez uel an ▁households , ▁mult id im ensional ▁pover ty ▁affected ▁ 5 1 %, ▁ 8 0 % ▁suffered ▁from ▁food ▁in security ▁and ▁ 9 0 % ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁an ▁income ▁to ▁purchase ▁any ▁food . ▁ ▁Cre ation ▁of ▁the ▁coal ition ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁Juan ▁Gu a id ó , ▁the ▁National ▁Assembly - dec la red ▁acting ▁president , ▁announced ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁a ▁" human itar ian ▁aid ▁coal ition " ▁that ▁comes ▁from ▁Colombia , ▁Brazil ▁and ▁a ▁Car ib bean ▁island . ▁ ▁On ▁ 5 ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁the ▁foreign ▁minister s ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁Brazil ▁and ▁Colombia ▁met ▁in ▁the ▁White ▁House , ▁in ▁which ▁Secretary ▁of ▁State ▁Mike ▁Pom pe o ▁and ▁National ▁Security ▁Ad visor ▁John ▁R . ▁Bol ton ▁were ▁also ▁present ▁to ▁discuss ▁the ▁issue ▁of ▁possible ▁human itar ian ▁aid .