"They massacre the people of Venezuela"

"In San Antonio and Santa Elena, they mbadacre the Venezuelan people and some of the aid is already paid to Santa Elena de Uairén", said the president in charge, Guaidó, in Cúcuta, alongside the Chilean presidents (Sebastián Piñera), from Colombia. (Iván Duque), Paraguay (Mario Abdo Benítez) and OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro. "The dictatorship has its numbered days," Piñera said.

According to the agency The Associated Press. A Venezuelan protester dies as a result of a confrontation with soldiers near the border with Brazil.

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For his part, Nicolás Maduro affirmed that under no circumstances would he "prostrate himself" and defended the army, the militia and his supporters defended him if they overthrew him and the forces loyal to Maduro had burned one of the trucks with humanitarian aid. San Antonio, say local sources. 10 people were injured by the first truck burned.

Attack on humanitarian aid

The first three trucks that left Colombia to transport humanitarian aid cargo to Ureña, in the state of Táchira, Venezuela, were set on fire by the Bolivarian National Police (PNB).

A journalist from the Caracas newspaper, El Nacional, said that Caracas had confirmed that the vehicles driving the caravan, with its load of medical equipment and food, were completely cremated.

PNB agents prevented the entry of trucks and people into the town of Tachiren with tear gas and pellets, which left at least six people injured.

The crackdown also took place on the Simón Bolívar international bridge, where about 15 people were injured.

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