Luis Almagro: "The main humanitarian aid that we can bring to Venezuela is the end of the usurping dictatorship of Maduro"

The Secretary General of the OAS participated in the World Conference on the Humanitarian Crisis in Venezuela and called for international badistance to bring in the aid that the interim government Juan Guaidó had collected abroad.

"The main humanitarian aid that we can bring to Venezuela is the end of the usurpation of the Maduro dictatorship"said Almagro, who added that on February 23, date when the president in charge of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, announced that it was the duty of the international community "to intervene".

"What we have today is something new: we have the opportunity and we have the duty to provide this humanitarian aid to Venezuela, for the first time since the Assembly declared the humanitarian crisis. national, we have the opportunity to provide this help to Venezuela, "stressed.

Venezuela has been in a state of political instability since January 10, when Maduro, who has been in power since 2013, returned to power after last May's elections and has not been recognized by the international community.

On January 23, opposition leader Juan Guaidó invoked articles from the Venezuelan Constitution to badert that, in his capacity as head of the opposition-controlled parliament, he could declare himself interim president considering the investiture of Maduro "illegitimate".

Guaidó made the entry of humanitarian aid into Venezuela a priority and set 23 February as the date of entry into the country.

The World Conference on the Humanitarian Crisis in Venezuela raised $ 100 million Thursday at the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS). Carlos Vecchio, opposition leader of the United States, Juan Guaidó, was responsible for delivering the opening speech of the meeting, which brought together experts, diplomats and entrepreneurs from over 60 countries, including Colombia, the United States, Peru, Spain, France and Germany.

"The reason for our fight is none other than putting an end to the pain and suffering of the Venezuelan people, that's enough, it's too much, it's too much suffering, too," said Vecchio on a podium kept under two big flags with more than a hundred people.

The summit is an initiative of Almagro and not of the OAS, composed of 34 active member states (Cuba belongs to the organization but has not participated since 1962).