The regime of Nicolás Maduro has reinforced the blockade to prevent the arrival of humanitarian aid from Colombia

Venezuelan military they reinforced the dawn of this Thursday the blockade of a border bridge with Colombia, in the middle of the fight between the government of Nicolás Maduro and the opposition Juan Guaidó for the pbadage of humanitarian aid before the shortage of drugs and food.

New freight containers open this Thursday support the barrier located on the Tienditas bridge, which connects the cities of Cúcuta (Colombia) and Ureña (Venezuela). About 20 armed National Guard soldiers guarded the area.

Last week, the road was blocked with the fuel tank and two containers. The United States has sent humanitarian aid to Cúcuta at the request of Guaidó, Speaker of Parliament recognized by half a hundred countries as acting president of the oil country.

Tuesday, at a mbadive protest in Caracas, the head of parliament set February 23 as the deadline for help at the entrance "Yes or yes"Meanwhile, in Tienditas, Chavismo organized a political act with the army and militia, in which he ratified the refusal to accept shipments.

Maduro denies the possibility, considering it an "excuse" to launch a military intervention led by Washington.

Opposition demands the armed forces, considered the main support of Maduro, allow humanitarian aid to enter, collected according to Guaidó in Colombia, Brazil and another storage center to be installed on the island of Curaçao.

The tienditas bridge has not yet been inaugurated. It was due to be made public in 2016, but the temporary closure of the 2,200-kilometer border – ordered by the Maduro government at the end of 2015 and lifted months later – delayed its opening.

However, according to press reports, was going to be one of the ways for the entry of food and medicine shipments from abroad.

The chavist leader Diosdado Cabello, president of the ruling Constituent Assembly who, in practice, badumed the functions of Parliament, quipped on the eve of strengthening the blockade, claiming that the tank and crossed containers were originally "solitary"

"Here, there should be another, and another, and another and another (container) for that of lonelinesshe said, drawing them on his television show.

Guaidó autojuramentado after Maduro was declared "usurper" by Legislative, only power controlled by the opposition to Venezuela, affirming that the socialist president had been reelected by fraudulent votes.

(With information from AFP)