Nicolás Maduro has closed Venezuela's airspace and the border with Brazil

The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced the total closure of the land border with Brazil from this Thursday, two days after the entry of humanitarian aid from this country, Colombia and Curacao, requested by the leader of the opposition, Juan Guaidó.

"I decided." South of Venezuela, starting at 9 pm on February 21 the land border with Brazil is closed totally and until new orderMaduro said at a meeting with the high military command at Fort Tiuna, the country's main military complex.

The Socialist leader said that in addition is "the badessment of a total closure of the border with Colombia", before what he considered as "provocations" and badaults of the government of President Iván Duque in alliance with the US ruler Donald Trump.

"I hold Mr. Iván Duque responsible for all the violence at the border," said Maduro, who also called on the Colombian army not to engage in any aggression against Venezuela.

Guaidó, recognized by 50 countries as interim president of Venezuela, goes Thursday to the border with Colombia (west) to request the entry of humanitarian aid sent by the United States and which is collected, in this region, in the Colombian city of Cucuta

Maduro reaffirmed the decision taken two days ago to suspend air and sea traffic with Curacao, where the aid sent from Miami (USA) is also collected, because "they were preparing a provocation" of the island, with the agreement of the Dutch government.

"Prevention is better than cure, take all measures of insurance and protection until new order, because the provocations must be resolved with time to dismount, like that", he declared to l & # 39; army.

Guaidó announced that volunteer brigades – which he expects to reach a million – will travel to help several locations in Táchira and Bolívar states (south), bordering Cúcuta and Roraima (Brazil), where there are Puerto Cabello and La Guaira collection centers (north).

The 35-year-old opponent who said that the help will enter "yes or yes"He stared at the entrance the day he would serve one month after declaring himself interim president, after the opposition Congress declared Maduro "usurper".