Humanitarian aid from Brazil leaves for the border with Venezuela

Two trucks that carry the first shipment of humanitarian aid from Brazil to Venezuela They left this Saturday from the city of Boa Vista to the border between the two countries, closed since last Thursday by the government of Nicolás Maduro.

Both vehicles have a Venezuelan license plate, with drivers from that country, and will be escorted by the Brazilian police over the 220 kilometers that they take up to the city of Pacaraima, located in the own demarcation line.

The Chancellor of Brazil will also head to this city, Ernesto Araújoand the lawyer María Teresa Belandria, Ambbadador appointed by the President of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, which in January announced its decision to badume the presidency.

Brazilian authorities, as well as the United States Embbady in the country, have 200 tons of food and medicine collected at Boa Vista, which could not be fully transported due to the closure of the border ordered by Maduro.

The Brazilian government has committed to the operation, but has established as the only condition that this cargo be transported by "Venezuelan trucks with Venezuelan drivers"They have not been able to enter the country in recent days because of Maduro's border blocking last Thursday.

According to the spokesman of the Brazilian presidency, Otavio do Rego Barros, the operation of providing this aid could be extended in the coming days if the difficulties for the entry of Venezuelan trucks persist.

Official sources consulted by EFE They said that if trucks did not return to Venezuela this Saturday, they would return to Boa Vista and be sent as soon as the necessary security guarantees existed.

(With EFE information)