"This is the first gas delivery since December," a woman says, as crowds huddle around rusty canisters in the Venezuelan fishing town of Guaca, rushing to carry them home on their backs in the baking sun. Venezuelans rely on propane gas for cooking and shortages of basics like this are common here in Sucre, one of the country's poorest states. The state lies hundreds of kilometres east of Caracas. It feels remote from the talk of new foreign investment and oil deals circulating in the capital since the US seized Nicolás Maduro on 3 January, restoring ties with the interim government of Delcy Rodríguez. Yet for ordinary people, the pressing question is whether the influx of foreign cash after Maduro's fall will reach them - and consequently also help stem migration and trafficking. In Sucre's state capital, Cumaná, residents have been without running water for two weeks.…