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February 23 is a date designated by Venezuela as "D-day". The reference to landing in Normandy seems excessive, but Juan Guaidó has marked his role as self-proclaimed interim president that Saturday is the day of humanitarian aid to the country. The day shows a country in tension, after the recitals for and against the government of Nicolás Maduro and whose borders are closed.

Opponents around Guaidó believe that they would get political success if they had food, which could be the prologue to a possible armed intervention. "On 23 February, one month after taking office, all Venezuelan people will be on the streets to demand humanitarian aid," Guaidó said yesterday in Colombia, where he went to the concert organized by The British billionaire Richard Branson was produced in parallel with the "Concert for La Paz" of Chavismo on the Tienditas bridge.

Guaidó arrived yesterday in Cúcuta, on the other side of the border, despite the judicial order that prevents him from leaving the Venezuelan soil. Almost at the same time, the Maduro government ordered the closure of three border crossing points with Colombia. A few days earlier, the border with Brazil was closed. The tension goes through the bridges that connect Venezuela and Colombia in the state of Táchira.

The idea is that trucks driven by Venezuelans can arrive, despite the closure of access. Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez referred to the measure on Twitter and attributed it to "the serious and illegal threats that the Colombian government has threatened against the peace and sovereignty of Venezuela".

The Maduro government rejects the information that speaks of humanitarian crisis and ensures that the situation is the consequence of the economic sanctions imposed on the United States. In fact, Donald Trump's government openly blends the option of an invasion to expel Chavismo from power, and the attempt to bring in trucks with help from the border is considered by Caracas as an excuse to justify military intervention.