"Hands Off Venezuela": the beginning of the Maduro counter-concert – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

After the eyes of the world, we will see the current situation in Venezuela and the gesture of the British millionaire to perform a charity concert in the city of Cucuta, in Colombia, to raise funds for the crisis in Venezuela and to bring it humanitarian aid to the country, bringing together 32 artists recognized for this crusade, Nicolás Maduro launched a counter-attack of a few meters under the slogan "Hands Off Venezuela" ("Hands off Venezuela", in Spanish).

The concert, scheduled for Friday and extended Sunday, will take place on the Venezuelan side of the Las Tienditas bridge as "a call for peace and rejection of imperialist claims", according to the Minister of Communication, Jorge Rodríguez.

With powerful audio equipment, starting this afternoon, the music of one recital and another, barely separated by 300 meters, resonates.

In the Venezuelan concert, it is planned the presentation of 40 national artists and the badistance of senior officials of the Bolivarian Revolution.

On the giant screen of the chavist scene, messages such as "for the war for nothing" and the image of the national flag were broadcast, while the animators harangued with slogans in favor of peace and rejection of foreign interference.

Meanwhile, the concert sponsored by an English business magnate, known as the legendary Virgin label, was heavily questioned by former Pink Floid, Roger Waters, who defends Nicolás Maduro.

In his Twitter account, he said that the United States was lying about the situation in Venezuela and had asked to suspend the recital being prepared.

The Red Cross and the UN unequivocally agree not to politicize aid. Leave the Venezuelan people alone to exercise their legal right to self-determination. pic.twitter.com/I0yS3u75b6

– Roger Waters (@rogerwaters) February 18, 2019

It should be recalled that Venezuela is affected by the tension created by Chavismo's decision not to allow the entry of humanitarian aid from the United States and other countries recognizing the status of legitimate President, Juan Guaidó, who has sworn in at the head of the executive power In last January, in the name of the National Assembly (AN-Parliament), under anti-Chavism domination.