Venezuela: five dead. Hundreds Wounded and Blockade of Humanitarian Aid in Venezuela

The information was provided by the Special Commission for Monitoring Humanitarian Aid, which included 161 protests across the country, 8 blocked border crossings, 2 trucks entered, 34 arrests, 131 wounded and 5 dead.

In the middle of the afternoon, the MP for the opposition Gaby Arellano He denounced the fact that three of the trucks that had left Colombia to go to Ureña, in the Venezuelan state of Táchira, to transport the cargo of humanitarian aid were burned by the newspaper. Bolivarian National Police (GNP).

The border near Cúcuta was one of the hot spots of the day, the other was the region that connects the Brazilian city of Pacaraimain the state of Roraima, where, over the last two years, thousands of Venezuelans have emigrated in search of the basic living conditions they lacked.

Until now, only one truck, held by the Bolivarian security forces, would have pbaded.

Doctor Julio Castro, coordinator of the technical team for humanitarian aid, reported that at the border with Brazil, in Santa Elena de Uairén, a truck containing food and medicine had been burned.

Castro said the contents of this aid package consisted of dietary supplements for children suffering from severe and moderate malnutrition, insulin, morphine and saline, among other elements.

The coordinator also badured that "Santa Elena Hospital was besieged with firearms" and that the gunshot wounded were not transferred to Brazil, although it was later reported that at least 13 wounded were transferred across the border with Venezuelan ambulances.

Later in the afternoon, protesters allegedly attacked a border post between Brazil and Brazil and attacked with a Molotov bomb. Venezuelan security agents had to let the trucks through all day.

In Caracas, protesters focused on the La Carlota military base to push for the 50 countries that recognize the self-appointed president, Juan Guaidó, to carry food and medicine as Venezuela's sole legitimate authority. .

Although there were also demonstrations of Chavez, in Caracas and in the interior of the country.

With this panorama, the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, affirmed yesterday that "the coup d'etat failed in the civil-military union".

"The victory belongs to us"Maduro, who re-elected in an opposition-challenged election, led the US-led group of states not to recognize him as a legitimate president, although they stood out by another group of countries Russia, China and Bolivia.

Maduro again repudiated the opposition's insistence on submitting to government orders. "Empire continues to bet on the interventionism of the United States Government" against the country, "but there will be justice in Venezuela for there to be peace," he said at a rally held at the corner of Carmelitas, in downtown Caracas , point of arrival of the Chavismo march.

One of the central points of the day was the border area linking the Colombian city of Cúcuta, where Friday was held a concert of support for the opposition and where tons of human help were concentrated.

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