Maduro's vice president claimed that the food aid that the United States will send to Venezuela is "poisoned"

The Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez said on Tuesday that food aid allocated by the United States to alleviate the crisis in the Caribbean country and already stored in the Colombian city of Cucuta was "carcinogenic" and would poison those who consume it.

"This aid is contaminated and poisoned, it is carcinogenic, as have shown different scientific studies"said the official, without presenting any evidence, in a speech broadcast on state television VTV.

In this sense, he stressed that the United States sought with these donations and "through chemicals to poison" Venezuelans. "You should call us at the alarm, at the alarm (…), we could say that they are biological weapons what they mean with this humanitarian aid"he insisted.

As well, He described it as "a cheap show" and "an insult" that the opposition and several governments in the region, led by the United States, point out that Venezuela needs help.

Rodriguez's statements are in line with those expressed Monday by Chavez leader Freddy Bernal, who said that at least 14 people had been poisoned by eating food aid collected at Cucuta.

"It's not my opinion, it's the diary L & # 39; s opinion from Cúcuta who is examining today (Monday) 14 Colombian compatriots intoxicated by the type of food, "he said, speaking as spokesman of the United Socialist Party in Venezuela (PSUV), in power.

However, the Colombian newspaper has already denied disclosing this information, which circulated on social networks with a capture of information.

"L & # 39; s opinion clarifies that he has not published anything about it and that the image that circulates is not authentic. It's an irresponsible photomontage "said the newspaper in an entry in its digital edition.

Anti-Semitism, which does not recognize the new six-year term that President Nicolás Maduro swore on Jan. 10, indicated that the country needed help in the face of the acute shortage of food and medicine that afflicts the Venezuelans.

But Nicolás Maduro, in the early hours since the Speaker of Parliament, Juan Guaidó, challenged him and announced that he would badume his presidential duties, denies the crisis and qualifies the aid as "gift rotten "who carries" the poison of humiliation ".

The opposition considers illegitimate elections last May, during which Maduro was re-elected president and were questioned by the international community.

The crisis intensified when Guaidó declared himself president by invoking articles of the Venezuelan Constitution and obtained the support of the United States and many countries of the American continent.