Pope's letter to Maduro: What has been agreed is not followed by concrete gestures

"Unfortunately, all were interrupted because what was agreed at the meetings was not followed by concrete actions to implement the agreements", wrote Francisco, according to part of the letter published by the newspaper "Corriere della Sera".

It is addressed to "His Excellency Mr. Nicolás Maduro Moros, with date of February 7, 2019, in response to Maduro's request for mediation "to try to find a way out of the Venezuelan crisis," which Tuesday added a new chapter, when the opposition leader Juan Guaidó, recognized as interim president by several world governments, announced that on February 23, humanitarian aid would come to the country to address the acute shortage of food and medicine, which Maduro described as an attempt to violation of sovereignty.

The first meeting of the pope with the Venezuelan president.

Venezuela, which is suffering from a long economic recession and hyperinflation, was plunged into a new political crisis when the opposition-dominated Congress called Maduro last month "usurper" from the office to re-elect in the elections considered a "prank call" by critics and a part of the international community.

But Maduro, who has the support of the Russian and Chinese powers, ensures that the opponent is a "Marionette" The United States seeking to overthrow it to seize oil wealth and humanitarian aid is nothing more than a show to hide Washington's interference.

Guaidó, a 35-year-old engineer who mobilized a large part of Venezuelan society almost overnight, he called his supporters to join a network of volunteers distribute the supplements stored in the Colombian border town of Cúcuta and in the Brazilian town of Roraima.

Until now no details have been given on how many tons and what products have been stored in Cúcuta or will arrive in the Brazilian city of Roraima. Opposition spokesmen only said that donations came from Venezuelan companies in Colombia, from the government of the neighboring country and from the United States.