For Venezuela: countdown to Virgin Records tycoons festival

(ANSA) – The English Richard Branson, founder of the brand Virgin and conductor of the recital & # 39;Venezuela Aid Live, "opened this Sunday at the doors of the people of this country of South America, via a message on social networks.

The goal of the project, announced at the end of the week by Branson, is to download on the same stage, installed on the border between Colombia and Venezuela, about twenty artists and celebrities to promote the objective of $ 100 million.

The money, according to the English, will be added to the humanitarian aid that several countries in the region collect for Venezuelans mired in an economic and social crisis. "We will ensure that 100% of your donation amount is in the right place," promised Branson in his Sunday message, inviting prospective donors to visit the event's website, which bears the same name as l & # 39; initiative. .

The recital will take place on Friday, February 22, at the Colombian-Venezuelan border. Be one day before the date on which Juan Guaid, the so-called Venezuelan president, decided to cross for his country the humanitarian aid stored in Ccuta and that he himself requested.

The call and the idea of ​​crossing food, medicine and other urgent items is a challenge for the opposition to the government of Nicols Maduro, who warned not to allow the entry of products that the country did not need, neither bought. The list of artists to be presented in the recital is for the moment a sum of aoranzas.

The only people who have participated until now were the Venezuelans Nacho and Ricardo Montaner, in addition to the Internet celebrity, Lele Pons. "We are going to embrace Venezuela in this moment and it is so important that we live," said Montaner in a message posted today, also on social networks, which warned him that "we are going to live in Venezuela. he would be with several colleagues "in a cause that is more than ever" justified. "" See you on 22 February in Ccuta, Colombia, "added the singer, who called for" Venezuela free "and" all with Venezuela ".

Ten years ago, Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes organized a similar recital with several of his friends, including Spain's Alejandro Saenz and compatriot Carlos Vives, but with another goal: to quell the belligerent nimes. between the two countries. Under the name of "Peace Without Borders", the musician managed to unite several of his colleagues and thousands of people, without donating between the two and only to protest with music in an environment of increasing accusations. and accusations between Caracas and Bogota. I looked threateningly.