Surprising appearance of Guaidó in Venezuela Aid Live

The self-proclaimed president of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, surprised this afternoon by joining the mega-festival Venezuela Aid Live, organized on the border with Colombia in order to obtain humanitarian aid for Venezuelans.

In the midst of the artists' presentations, the President of Colombia, Iván Duque, gave the nationality to the Venezuelan singer Nacho and his wife. And in an instant, the artists ceased to be protagonists: the cameras immediately focused on Juan Guaidó, president of the National Assembly and proclaimed interim president of Venezuela, who was received by a crowd.

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The concert "Venezuela Aid Live" was convened by the British billionaire Richard Branson. The event began just before noon today on the Colombian side of the Tienditas border bridge with the hymns of Venezuela and Colombia and the applause of tens of thousands of people.

The first artist on stage was the Venezuelan Reymar Perdomo, who, with the song "I left", provoked a hysteria among the spectators, this theme being considered as "the hymn of outrage" by the situation from the country.

"From this moment, our country will be different and free, Venezuela is much more than oil," said one of the presenters of the show.

Perdomo, who left the country a few years ago due to a shortage of food and medicine, said: "Thank you for making this song the hymn of the year. Venezuelan immigration, Long live Venezuela! ", quoted by the EFE news agency.

The crowd greeted her with applause and many participants sang with her as they raised the flags and posters of their country criticizing President Nicolás Maduro.

Perdomo only sang this song but was dismissed by a deafening crowd.

Venezuelans who left the country because of the political and economic crisis now stand at 3.4 million, including 2.7 million in other Latin American countries, announced Friday. United Nations Agency for Human Rights. (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

After the presentation of the scene, Richard Branson said the concert sought to find the way to Venezuela with tons of humanitarian aid stored by the international community in Cucuta.

"Hi Cúcuta, I am delighted to be here, I am delighted that today they came to celebrate the Venezuelan people.If we can take people to the space, why is it? it's so hard to get people out of poverty, "said the British tycoon, known to be the creator and owner of the Virgin Group.

The entrepreneur said it was necessary "to break the stalemate and end the humanitarian crisis now, let us all unite and make changes, music is a language that unites cultures and fragment the differences ".

José Luis Rodríguez, "El Puma", then thanked Brazil, Colombia and the United States "for their solidarity with the Venezuelans".

"Enough of leftist dictatorships in Latin America, I want to say to Venezuelans that they do not faint because soon we will have the freedom we so desire, and the soldiers I tell them are our brothers, do not shoot at the people because it will happen and reconcile, let us fly in the air celebrating the democratic freedom of Venezuela, "said" El Puma ".

A total of 32 artists from Argentina, Colombia, Spain, United States, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Sweden and Venezuela participated in the concert, divided into five blocks.

The first series of presentations consisted of Reymar Perdomo, "El Puma", Reinaldo Armas, Santiago Cruz, Cusy, Cholo Valderrama, Jorge Glem and Reik.

In second instance, Jorge Villamizar, Chino, Lele Pons, Ruddy Mancuso, Dj Aleso and Paulina Rubio.

Then it was the turn of Carlos Baute, Ricardo Montaner, Mau and Ricky, Camilo Echeverri, Diego Torres, Miguel Bosse and Danny Ocean.

The fourth block was attended by Maluma, Fonseca, Nacho, Silvestre Dangond and Luis Fonsi.

The closing: Carlos Vives, Juan Luis Guerra, Juanes, Maná and Alejandro Sanz.