Venezuela's Maduro asks U.N. to help ease medicine shortages

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Friday he has asked the United Nations to help the South American nation alleviate medicine shortages, which have become increasingly severe as the oil-producing nation's economic crisis accelerates.Maduro did not specify the type of aid he requested, although he stressed that the U.N. has knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry.Maduro earlier on Friday met with Jessica Faieta, Assistant Administrator and Director of the U.N. Development Program, acco