The United States has requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Venezuela

The United States has requested a meeting on Venezuela Monday for Tuesday at the UN Security Council, according to diplomatic sources.

The United States request calls for a public meeting of the Security Council, which last addressed the situation in that Latin American country on 26 January.

The US request comes after Nicolás Maduro's government has blocked the entrance of humanitarian aid last Saturday organized by the opposition with the support of the United States and other countries.

The situation is badyzed Monday in Bogotá during a meeting of the Lima group, which includes Vice President Mike Pence.

According to a diplomatic source, it is not yet known who would represent the United States at the Security Council session, whose timetable and details should still define the rotating presidency of the body, which occupies this month the Equatorial Guinea.

As part of his diplomatic offensive against Maduro, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was at the UN last week to meet with his secretary general, António Guterres.

Maduro Chancellor Jorge Arreaza did the same thing last Friday. On Monday, he traveled to New York, although he is expected tomorrow in Geneva to participate in the UN Human Rights Council.

In New York, the US delegation distributed to the other members of the Security Council a draft resolution to support the National Assembly (Parliament), with a majority of the opposition, as "the only elected institution. democratically in Venezuela ". .

The text, seen by Efe, advocated starting "immediately" a "political process leading to free, fair and credible presidential elections".

The initiative quickly met with Russia's opposition, which proposed its own alternative resolution, noting that the situation in Venezuela is an internal affair and criticizing any attempt to intervene.

Since the United States and Russia are both permanent members of the Security Council, they both have the ability to veto the resolution of the other party and the issue does not arise. has not progressed in recent days.

Venezuela has been plagued by political instability since January 10, when Nicolás Maduro resumed his post as president after winning the May elections, which have not been recognized by the international community.

On January 23, the opposition Juan Guaidó invoked several articles of the Venezuelan Constitution to defend the fact that he could declare himself acting president of the country by considering the investiture of Maduro "illegitimate".

In addition, this weekend's riots at Venezuela's borders with Colombia and Brazil, where they attempted to pbad humanitarian aid, have left, according to various sources, at least four dead and around 300 wounded. while Colombian Vice President Marta Lucia Ramírez confirmed that over 120 members of the Venezuelan armed forces have defected to the country.