GEM President Back in South Florida After Weeks Helping 115,000 People in Venezuela
CBS MiamiJuly 17, 2026

GEM President Back in South Florida After Weeks Helping 115,000 People in Venezuela

After two and a half weeks in Venezuela, Michael Capponi returned to GEM's Doral headquarters describing half a million people living in tents and on the streets, and pledged to keep aid flowing indefinitely through a newly established permanent warehouse in La Guaira.

“This is not a typical thing where we could forget about it after three weeks or a month,” Capponi said. “This is a very big important haul that we have to do here, a marathon. We have to keep aid flowing through this warehouse indefinitely because people are going to need that kind of support.”

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