Venezuela: 300-meter bridge separates recitals at the border

They are just 300 meters from the Tienditas border bridge those who separate one side and the other. And all the eyes are concentrated during these hours on Cúcuta, the Colombian city that limits with one of the entries in Venezuela. There, the opposition has staged a big stage through which thirty artists will pbad as part of the festival. Venezuela Aid Live.

They will sing, among others, Alejandro Sánz, Carlos Baute and Ricardo Montaner and the presence of Colombian, Chilean and Paraguayan Presidents and the Chancellor of Brazil is expected.

A crowd awaits the start of the show, which precedes # 23F, the date indicated by the self-proclaimed president, Juan Guaidó, for him medication entry, food and clothing sent by governments who recognized it as an authority.

According to the opposition leader, the Caribbean island of Curacao and the ports of Puerto Cabello and La Guaira will constitute other collection points or help entry.

The president of the National Assembly, who arrived yesterday in the border area and intends to mobilize "a million" volunteers to start receiving help, said that 300,000 people could die if they did not receive these provisions.

But international aid revenues are uncertain after the closure of borders and airspace over the past few hours by President Nicolás Maduro.

Hands off Venezuela is the name of the concert organized by the oficialismoOn the other side of the bridge, in response to the opposition festival and in which nearly 100 artists will perform.

"All artists who will sing in Colombia must know that they are committing a crime, they support a foreign military intervention," Maduro told El Nacional daily.

Maduro, supported by Russia, China and dozens of other countries, announced yesterday the arrival of other 7.5 tons of medicines and medical supplies from Russia.

The Chancery of Russia has denounced the fact that the United States plans to enter Venezuela with heavy weapons disguised as humanitarian aid, to send it to antichavistas in several batches from the "beginning of March".

The ministerial spokesperson, Maria Zajarova, said the aid was "a large-scale, dangerous provocation" aimed at provoking clashes to justify "military action" aimed at overthrowing Maduro with forces already mobilized by Washington on the Colombian border.