The regime of Nicolás Maduro has strengthened the military presence on the border with Brazil to prevent the entry of humanitarian aid

The opposition MP Angel Medina badured this Friday that the Venezuelan government reinforced the military presence on the border with Brazilwhere it is intended that a collection center for humanitarian aid that Parliament has demanded and that the government of Nicolás Maduro refuses to accept.

"Strengthen the military presence at the border with Brazil (…) They limit the traffic and carry out detailed inspections of the vehicles to seek humanitarian aid, "said Medina, who said the military presence was strengthened on the Santa Elena highway in Uairén, in the Venezuelan state from Bolívar to the south of the country.

Medina, MP for Bolívar, did not give more details.

In the midst of the crisis in Venezuela, which caused shortages of medicines and food, the Venezuelan Parliament, headed by the opposition Juan Guaidó, asked for humanitarian aid last month.

The leader of the opposition – who has proclaimed himself president in charge of Venezuela because he considers that Maduro "usurps" power by winning elections described as "fraudulent" – announced on Saturday that in Cucuta (Colombia), Brazil and a Caribbean island that did not need it would have collection centers for this aid.

After this announcement last Wednesday, the Puerto Rican government sent a cargo of humanitarian aid for Venezuela.

That same day, the Deputy Minister Franklyn Duarte He filed a similar complaint to that of Medina, but in the state of Táchira, on the border with Colombia, ensuring that there was a blockade on the Tienditas bridge, an infrastructure without inauguration that connects Cúcuta to the Venezuelan city of Ureña and for which it was planned the entrance of the help.

But Friday, the Venezuelan government said the obstacles in this bridge they are not new recalling that the infrastructure has not been inaugurated, while Maduro reiterated his refusal to accept humanitarian aid as an "alms" and a "humiliation".

Guaidó said that if the government continues to oppose the entry of these donations from the United States and Colombia, a network of volunteers would go to the borders to open this "humanitarian channel".