Venezuela's opposition returns to the streets to ask the army to let the humanitarian aid pass

CARACAS.- Venezuela returns to the streets on the day of youth. Led by the
university students, the same students who, in 2007, provoked the first major defeat of Chavismo in the referendum rejection of the constitutional change that pushed the
government, today the opposition led by the president in charge

Juan Guaidó

manifest itself to ask once again for the release of

Nicolás Maduro

of the palace of
Miraflores but also insist on the request to the military to let their support to the Bolivarian leader and pbad alongside the president "in charge".

Venezuelans call on the armed forces not to block American humanitarian aid, which Maduro considers the door to military intervention, but essential to deal with the country's economic crisis, with record inflation and shortages of food and remedies.

"We are returning to the streets to demand the entrance of humanitarian aid that will save the lives of more than 300,000 Venezuelans who are now at risk of dying," said Guaidó, also president of the National Assembly. .

The young leader will lead the protest east of Caracas, but marches will take place all over the country, as well as some 40 dead who have left riots and protests against Maduro last month.

Seeking to break up the armed forces, Guaidó had already offered amnesty to soldiers who did not know Maduro and had warned that preventing the entry of food and medicine was a "crime against the army". humanity". "They are either with the dictatorship or with the people," said the 35-year-old opposition.

The counter-march

Once again, the opposition will not be the only manifestation. After the counter-march called a few days ago, Maduro will now lead a march of young leftists against "imperialist intervention" on Plaza Bolivar, in downtown Caracas.

The fight for power between Guaidó and Maduro is centered today on humanitarian aid. Food and medicine remained in a collection center for five days on the Colombian side of the border with Venezuela.

The Tienditas Bridge, which connects Cúcuta (Colombia) to Ureña (Venezuela), is blocked by two huge freight containers and a tank.

First delivery

Guaidó reported yesterday the delivery of a first shipment of supplies to the Association of Health Centers (ASSOVEC), based in Caracas.

"In line with our expertise, today we deliver the first shipment of humanitarian aid supplies to the Association of Health Centers (ASSOVEC), with 85,000 supplements resulting in 1,700,000 rations. nutritional supplements for children and 4,500 supplements for pregnant women ", expressed through the social network Twitter.

"This delivery represents 20 rations for each beneficiary and is the first phase of attention to the most vulnerable populations as a result of the humanitarian crisis we are facing," he said.

Guaidó was sworn in as acting president on January 23, after the legislature declared Maduro "usurper" and alleged that he had been reelected in fraudulent elections.

AFP and ANSA agencies