Maduro government says food sent by US is "poisoned" and can "cause cancer"

As she did yesterday on television, the Vice President of

Venezuela,

Delcy Rodríguez, denounced the fact that the humanitarian aid sent by the United States government is poisoned and can cause cancer.

"Humanitarian aid is contaminated and poisoned, it is carcinogenic, as scientific studies have shown on this allegedly dissected food.As well as they introduced weapons for contras in Nicaragua, intention to do so with biological weapons that make up this contaminated and poisoned chemical food, our people, "Rodriguez reiterated after a meeting with the governors

Chavistas

in which the food production strategies in the country were badyzed.

In the previous precedent, the vice president had badured the United States to try to put in place "biological weapons" through the humanitarian aid they had sent at the request of the anti-Chavez leader.

Juan Guaidó,

in the middle of the

crisis

who lives the country.

In a message broadcast yesterday on national television, Rodriguez called Venezuela's "military intervention strategy" with humanitarian aid sent to neighboring countries containing biological weapons that will be used against the population.

"We know that behind the humanitarian aid hides the intention to intervene in Venezuela," said Rodriguez, who recalled that in 1986, the United States had concealed weapons under form of humanitarian aid in shipments to Nicaragua, handed over to contras fighting the Sandinista regime.

The official gave no details or evidence of the so-called American plan and insisted that the widespread shortage in Venezuela was due to the sanctions imposed since 2017 by the White House.

In addition, he described as "showing" the humanitarian aid sent by Washington. He also insisted that aid sent by foreign governments would not be allowed to enter.

With information from Telam agency