Sebastián Piñera said that there was "nothing more cruel" than to deny aid to Venezuela

The President of Chile, Sebastián Piñerasaid on Thursday that there was "nothing more cruel" than denying Venezuelans access to humanitarian aid, in reference to the refusal of the president of that country, Nicolás Maduro, to allow their access across the border.

"There can be nothing more cruel than denying its own people access to humanitarian aid, which the friendly countries of Venezuela are willing to give it," said the president.

Piñera made these statements during the process of monitoring the cargo of the plane from Army of Chilean air (FACh) which will bring to Colombia the humanitarian aid provided by the Chilean Government.

The president went Thursday night at Santiago airport to personally cherish the process of loading the plane that will travel to the border between Colombia and Venezuela to deliver food and medicine.

"Venezuela is going through a humanitarian crisis that is endangering the lives of its inhabitants due to lack of food and medicine.", said the Chilean director general to journalists present in the airport area.

"It is also respecting a moral commitment of solidarity, just as Chile has received the solidarity of the countries of the Latin Americawhen we had to face our own adversities, "Piñera said.

The president also recalled that he will visit this Friday morning in the Colombian city of Cucuta, bordering Venezuela, where he will meet with the Colombian president. Iván Duque.

The plane was responsible for "nearly 9 tons" of humanitarian aid, said Piñera, estimated at 102 million pesos (just over $ 156,000), as stated in the statement. Official newspaper Last Saturday.

More specifically, this money was invested in the purchase of 700 child hygiene kits, the same number of kits in boxes, 300 boxes containing 1,000 tablets of furosemide – a diuretic drug used to treat heart failure or hypertension.

The humanitarian aid also contains 4,400 salmeterol / fluticasone inhalers – for asthma or bronchitis -, 3,125 bottles of syrup chlorpheniramine -for allergies-, 1,650 bottles of Nospasmin in oral solution – a spasmolytic-, 1,800 bottles of alcohol in disinfectant gel, 14,000 bandages and 576 boxes Ciprofloxacin -antibiotic-.

The aircraft will take off tonight from Group 10 of FACh, in the facilities of Santiago Airport, to deliver to Cúcuta the contribution of Chile to the international humanitarian aid sent and collected in this locality.

This exercise of sending humanitarian aid to Colombia to deliver to Venezuela responds to the call of the President of the Venezuelan Parliament, Juan Guaidó, who proclaimed himself president in charge of the country by refusing to recognize Nicolás Maduro as CEO after taking a new term a few weeks ago.

In this sense, Guaidó had insisted that this Saturday, February 23, all the help collected on the Colombian side of the border between "yes or yes" on the Venezuelan territory, while the government of Maduro had insisted on its refusal of & dquo; To admit.

The Venezuelan executive refused to receive this aid and, on the contrary, ordered the closure of the border with Brazil and with the Pacific Islands. Netherlands, including Curacao, while badyzing if it is the same with the pbadage in Colombia.

Maduro said the food offered by the United States, Colombia and other countries is a "rotten gift" that carries the "poison of humiliation", and that same day she badured, without providing evidence, that she was causing cancer.

According to the Venezuelan government, the United States is responsible for the lack of medicines and food in the country, as they make sure to have imposed a financial blockade.