From Guaidó to Maduro: "The blockage of humanitarian aid makes them genocidal"

The acting president of Venezuela, the anti-Chavez leader Juan Guaidó, today asked the armed forces of his country not to make "ridiculous" or "genocidal" and let in the country the international humanitarian aid already arrived in neighboring Colombia.

"It's up to you not to continue to ridicule yourself at the request of Miraflores", he told a group of journalists after leaving a mbad in the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Caracas, referring to the presidential palace of Miraflores and the government of Nicolás Maduro.

"The blockage of humanitarian aid also makes them genocidal"He pointed out after accusing Maduro of being the main culprit in the fact that international aid that has already begun to arrive in the border town of Colombia, Cúcuta, could not enter to be distributed among the population.

Over the past three years, more than 2.3 million Venezuelans have left their country due to a growing shortage of food, medicine and staples, a fact that the representatives of the country have not been able to afford it. UN have already called it a humanitarian crisis.

The Maduro government claims that the economic problems are due to the sanctions imposed by the United States, which have already begun this exodus, and therefore rejects the offers of humanitarian aid presented by the governments of the region and the region. 39 Europe who recognized the legitimacy of Guaidó. in the last weeks.

According to Maduro, the Caribbean country does not have to "ask" for help and has not accepted any international offers to receive containers that have arrived in Colombia and are expected to reach Brazil soon. and some Caribbean border islands, according to Guaidó. past.

Although he still does not have the green light of Maduro nor the cooperation of the armed forces, who remain loyal to the president, Guaidó promised today that humanitarian aid would arrive in the country "in the coming days".

"The help is in kind in the collection centers and we hope that in the coming days we will have a first step forward in the entrance of humanitarian aid"he badured.

In addition, he announced the creation of two other collection centers, in addition to the one already installed in the Colombian city of Cúcuta.

"We can save lives in Venezuela with this humanitarian aid.In the coming days, the other two collection points will be officially installed", badured Guaidó, designated interim president of Venezuela by the National Assembly (parliament), a majority opposition to the government of Maduro, on January 23rd. The anti-Chavez leader also announced that the opposition was organizing Tuesday a new protest and rejection of the Maduro government.