Chavismo threatens and blocks international humanitarian aid

February 7, 2019

On the order of the president, the army blocked a border bridge linking the country to Colombia so that humanitarian aid does not enter: medicines or food.

The Venezuelan army has blocked the border bridge of Tienditas, which unites the country with Colombia. The Deputy Representative Franklyn Duarte, said that you can not enter because of the modern infrastructure that has not yet been inaugurated, where humanitarian aid should enter.

"What's blocking." Tienditas Bridge, where they [los militares] they badume that humanitarian aid will arriveIt is a tanker, a container and today a convoy of the National Armed Forces arrived at dawnme, "said Duarte. This bridge is one of the promises of integration between the two countries.

I can badure you that these soldiers who are there and many others who belong to different commandos need humanitarian badistance for themselves and their families. Let's see if the day and the hour will prohibit the entry of medicines and food. Attentive without falling into despair. pic.twitter.com/paBEStmRmO

– Dip. Franklyn Duarte (@FranklynDuarte_) February 6, 2019

Duarte claimed that the blockade is an order of the governor Nicolás Maduro and the minister of Defense, Vladimir Padrino López. He also posted on his Twitter account the image of a military vehicle on a bridge.

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The official said that although the government of President Nicolás Maduro has even placed the "concrete wall all over" the Táchira border, humanitarian aid would still enter Venezuela.

The Vice President, Mike Pence, denounced the blockade and asked on his Twitter account that the Maduro government allow international aid to enter.

The Venezuelan people are in desperate need of humanitarian aid. The United States and other countries are trying to help but # VenezuelaThe military under Maduro's command block aid with trucks and tankers. The Maduro regime must allow aid to reach the poor. #We are united pic.twitter.com/L4ysYJaM6H

– Pompeo Secretary (@SecPompeo) February 6, 2019

"The Venezuelan people desperately need humanitarian badistance. The United States and other countries are trying to help, but the Venezuelan army, under Maduro's orders, blocks aid through trucks and tankers. The Maduro diet must let help reach people who are starving, "he wrote.

The MP said that we should be attentive to the information provided by the head of Parliament, Juan Guaidó, who was appointed president and charged with examining the illegitimate Maduro.

He was Guaidó who asked for humanitarian aid for Venezueladespite Maduro's refusal that he believes that this could become a foreign invasion.

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According to the Chamber, in Brazil and on a Caribbean island, which has not yet been clarified, there will also be other collection centers for this aid from companies with Venezuelan capital abroad, Colombian and US .