Hands off Venezuela, the counterpoint on which Maduro bets

CARACAS – A few days after British billionaire Richard Branson announced a charity concert in the city of Cucuta, Colombia, to raise funds for the

crisis in Venezuela

and achieve that
enter the country's humanitarian aid, the government of

Nicolás Maduro

announced that he would hold a concert of a few meters under the slogan "Hands Off Venezuela" ("Manos fuera de Venezuela", in Spanish).

The concert, scheduled for today, tomorrow and Sunday, will take place on the Venezuelan side of the Las Tienditas Bridge, "a call for peace and rejection of imperialist claims," ​​according to Communications Minister Jorge Rodríguez.

In addition, organizers have to deliver 20,000 CLAP box to residents of Táchira, one of the poorest cities in the region, the minister said.

Although the president of the House of Artists, Roberto Messuti, has indicated that the concert will count more than 150 national and international artists, the participants are little known. Rodriguez said the event would feature Puerto Rico's Willie González, Caracas Guaco's group, Colombian salsa group Grupo Niche and folklorists Serenata Guayenesa, but they all denied their participation.

"I just refused the contract to badociate the Maduro government with the parallel activity of the government of @ jguaido." Many do not understand that for me, thanks God, the money did not of importance, if not dignity, "wrote Salsa singer, Willie González

"Through intermediaries, they called us to attend the concert organized by Nicolás Maduro, but we rejected the invitation in solidarity with the political, economic and social situation in the neighboring country", said a source from the Niche group. The country of Colombia.

The "Hands Off Venezuela" concert was also broadcast under the name "Para la guerra nada", on the song of Colombian singer-songwriter Marta Gómez. However, the artist noted that the song had emerged as a rejection of the war, inspired by the conflict between Palestine and Israel and which had excluded Maduro's invitation to participate in the concert.

"It does not interest me to be part of a concert organized by a government that I do not support," Gómez said.

According to the Venezuelan newspaper El Universal, from Venezuela, the concert would include Omar Acedo, Omar Enrique, Las Chicas den Can, Hanny Kauan, Banny Kosta, Armando Martinez, Cristóbal Jiménez, Alexander Viana and Roque Valero, the latter current member of the group. ;Assembly. Constituent convened by Maduro, among others.

The Leader of the Opposition

Juan Guaidó

He described as "mockery" the parallel story announced by the minister and added: "We must be very aware of the reality and very cynical (.) To make fun of the kind of need of Venezuelans".