Juan Guaidó will speak at the conference on humanitarian aid to Venezuela organized by the OAS

Juan Guaidó, recognized by half a hundred countries as interim president of Venezuela, will attend the international meeting on humanitarian aid to his country to be held this Thursday from 14:00 GMT at the OAS headquarters in Washington.

Some 60 international delegations, representatives of the private sector and dozens of NGOs and members of civil society have been invited to attend. World Conference on the Humanitarian Crisis in Venezuela.

"The president in charge will participate in a videoconference where he will explain the current situation", said a statement issued by Guaidó representatives in the United States.

Guaidó, president of the Parliament elected in 2015, has proclaimed president January 23 of his constitutional duties and is committed to organizing new elections, after the proclamation by the Legislative State of the president "usurper Nicolás Maduro, who started his second term on January 10 elections

The power impulse is currently focused on US humanitarian aid blocked on the border of Colombia by Maduro, who considers it an excuse to launch a military intervention in order to remove him from office.

When appointing to define aid in Venezuela, the Secretary General of the OAS will be a panelist. Luis Almagro; David SmolanskyCoordinator of the OAS Working Group on Migrants and Refugees; Guaidó's representatives in front of Washington, Carlos Vecchioand before the OAS, Gustavo Tarre; as well as the deputies of the Venezuelan National Assembly (Parliament), Manuela Bolívar, José Manuel Olivares and Miguel Pizarro.

Venezuela has experienced in recent years an economic crisis marked by hyperinflation and scarcity of necessities, which the opposition attributes to the Maduro government.

Millions of people live in poverty, while at least 2.3 million have fled the country since 2015, according to the UN, which considers this exodus as the most important in recent history. Latin America.

The United States on 24 January pledged $ 20 million in humanitarian aid to the people of Venezuela, while last week Canada announced some $ 40 million and the European Union $ 5.7 million.

(With information from AFP)