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Sources: Guaido allies take slice of first Venezuela budget

by Associated Press Writer
| April 23, 2020 12:27 PM

MIAMI (AP) — Opposition lawmakers in Venezuela quietly agreed to pay themselves $5,000 a month when they readied special $100 bonuses for doctors and nurses battling the coronavirus — a large payout for a nation where most workers are scraping by on couple of dollars a month, according to people involved in the process.

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