John Bolton canceled a trip to South Korea to monitor the situation in Venezuela

US National Security Advisor John Bolton canceled a planned trip to South Korea to stay in Washington and monitor the situation in Venezuela. where it is expected this Saturday that humanitarian aid enters the country despite the blockade of armed forces controlled by Chavez.

According to spokesman Garrett Marquis, quoted Friday by the agency Reuters, Bolton to travel to Korean peninsula to finalize details of summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, which will take place next week in Vietnam.

But because of the tense situation on the border between Venezuela and Colombia, especially in the pbadage between Cúcuta and Táchira, and on the border with Brazil, where yesterday two people died for the repression of Chavez's armed forces, the national security advisor will remain in Washington after the events.

"Bolton has decided to stay in Washington to follow the events in Venezuela, where the army faces the crucial decision of whether to allow entry or the convoy of humanitarian aid.said the marquis.

For weeks, humanitarian aid sent mainly by the United States has been It has accumulated in Colombia, Brazil and also on the Dutch island of Curaçao, and it is expected that this Saturday it will finally enter the country.

Venezuela is plunged into an unprecedented socio-economic crisis, experiment a decline of 37% of its GDP since 2013, with inflation of 1 800 000%, according to the IMF, poverty of 87%, among the highest murder rates in the world, a general degradation of the quality of life and shortages of food and medicine.

The situation led to more than two million people will emigrate from the country, especially to neighboring countries such as Colombia and Brazil, but reaching all of Latin America.

In this context, humanitarian aid is trying to mitigate the extreme situation experienced by the Venezuelan people, but it is rejected by the chavista regime of Nicolás Maduro, which remains in power despite its reelection in 2018, is considered illegitimate by the crackdown on the opposition and its attacks on the elected parliament in 2015.

In this regard, the Leader of the Opposition Juan Guaidó was proclaimed in January as Acting President of Parliament by the National Assembly, charged with organizing the transition of power and demanding free elections.. The United States was one of the first countries to recognize its legitimacy, followed by Canada, Europe, and most Latin American countries, including Colombia and Brazil.