On a key day, Venezuela is preparing for the arrival of humanitarian aid

February 23, 2019

While Juan Guaidó seeks to facilitate the entry of food products and medicines into the country, Nicolás Maduro tries to prevent them.

The leader, who crossed the border Friday and was in Colombia under the "Venezuela Aid Live", will try to cross the border. tons of humanitarian aid he asked the international community weeks ago and who are in Cucuta. In this city, there is the greatest number of donations. Two other entry points are found in Brazil, in the state of Roraima and on the island of Curaçao.

In the meantime, it is expected that the opposition and the ruling party occupy the streets to protest, and there are fears that retaliation. It should be recalled that during the last demonstration on the Brazilian border, officers of the Bolivarian National Guard, who responded to the ruling party, launched tear gas to try to disperse the people present. To this we must add the closure of all bridges connecting Colombia and Brazil.

On Friday, two people were killed after receiving shots and 22 others were injured in a clash between members of a Pemon group and members of the military community during a demonstration in the south from the country.

Guaidó, who had left Caracas on Thursday, crossed the Venezuelan territory to reach the city of Cucuta, despite a court order that meets Maduro this prevented him from leaving his country.

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"The question is how we got here today when they banned the airspace, they banned all kinds of shipping, they obstructed the roads (…) We are here precisely because the armed forces also participated in this process ", Guaidó said. The political leader said he arrived in Cucuta to solicit the help of the United States and its allies to deal with the crisis in Venezuela.

Maduro, for his part, has also called his supporters to walk before what he believes to be a plan of the United States "Invading militarily"under the pretext of humanitarian support.