Guaidó called for greater international pressure after incidents in Venezuela

The opponent of Nicolás Maduro is preparing to participate in the meeting of the Lima group, to be held Monday in Bogotá.

The opposition Juan Guaidó clings to international pressure to overthrow Nicolas Maduro of power after the frustration of aid to Venezuela that had left two dead and hundreds wounded on the Colombian border.

The self-proclaimed interim president of the oil country is preparing to participate in the Lima group meeting to be held Monday in the Colombian capital in the presence of US Vice President Mike Pence.

After failing in his call to spend food and medicine to alleviate the worst crisis in Venezuela's modern history, the young parliamentary leader will attend the meeting convened on February 14, saying that "the internal and external pressure is essential for liberation ". from your country.

"To advance our path, I will meet our allies of the international community on Monday and we will continue to organize future actions in the country," said Guaidó, recognized by fifty nations as president in charge of the oil nation. the Colombian city of Cúcuta.

The opposition leader said that in Bogota he would discuss with foreign ministers the fourteen American nations of the group "possible diplomatic actions" against Maduro, without excluding a military intervention.

The presidents of three member countries – Colombia, Chile and Paraguay – as well as the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) supported the attempt to cross Cúcuta's contributions.

The Lima Group, created in 2017 to promote a way out of the Venezuelan crisis, met for the last time on February 4 in Ottawa.

Then, eleven of the 14 members of the bloc called for a change of peaceful government in Venezuela and called on the army to recognize Guaidó and to allow the entrance of aid.

Clashes between protesters and security forces left 285 people injured in Colombia, including 255 Venezuelans and two dead in the state of Bolivar, on the border with Brazil. In addition, two trucks loaded with supplies were burned at the Francisco de Paula Santander International Bridge.

The representative of Chavez opposes the entrance of the badistance because it is considered the point of entry of a US military intervention. US President Donald Trump said he did not rule out any options in Venezuela.

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