Mike Pence announced that the United States would allocate additional aid of $ 56 million "despite the brutality" of Nicolás Maduro's regime

United States will provide additional badistance of $ 56 million continue to take advantage of the aid intended for Venezuelans in need, "despite the brutality" of the regime of Nicolás Maduro, announced Monday in Bogota the vice-president American, Mike Pence, as part of the Lima Group Summit.

"It is also a privilege to announce that the United States will provide an additional $ 56 million to support our allies in the region in their help to the Venezuelan people ", Said Pence.

Trump's envoy to the meeting recalled that the United States provided "More than 139 million dollars helping the people of Venezuela up to now."

He also recalled that in the last two weeks, the Trump government had sent to the region five military transport aircraft with 400 tons of food and medicine in Colombia and Brazil.

Pence met the Colombian president, Iván Duqueand with the head of the Venezuelan Parliament, Juan Guaidó, recognized by nearly 50 countries as interim president of Venezuela.

He explained that in the dialogue with Duque, he had told her that US efforts to provide help would continue not only, but that "They will rise despite the brutality of Maduro."

He added that his country identified new areas to send "additional badistance to the people of Venezuela".

The Colombian city of Cucuta, bordering Venezuela, is near Curacao and the Brazilian state of Roraima, one of the four official points for the collection of drugs and food products. to mitigate the crisis in the oil country.

The Maduro regime prevented last Saturday the entry into his country of the humanitarian aid requested by Guaidó, with brutal repression of the security forces.

On the lines between Brazil and Colombia, Venezuelan public forces have prevented groups of Venezuelans from creating a humanitarian cordon to: facilitate the entrance of international aid loaded into trucks.

At the border with Colombia, it is estimated that more than 200 people are injured., while the Venezuelan opposition speaks of four dead and more than 20 shot wounded in the town of Santa Elena de Uairén, in the state of Bolívar, on the border with Brazil.

Venezuela has been plagued by political instability since January 10, when Maduro returned to the presidency after winning the May elections, which was not recognized by the international community.