Venezuela: Juan Guaidó warned the army that the blockage of humanitarian aid was a crime against humanity

The opposition Juan Guaidó, recognized by half a hundred countries as acting president of Venezuela, warned Sunday military that the fact of preventing the entry of humanitarian aid makes them "almost genocidal", because it is "crime against humanity".

"It is responsible and the regime knows that it is a crime against humanity, gentlemen of the armed forces," Guaidó told reporters after going to Mbad at Las Mercedes , east of Caracas, with his wife Fabiana Rosales. and his two-year-old baby.

Guaidó, chairman of the majority-majority parliament and self-styled president, said the army had become "aggressors" and "almost genocidal", by the action "kill" young people who protest and "default" when "they do not allow humanitarian aid".

The opposition leader reiterated his call for a march next Tuesday, Youth Day, in memory of the dead – some 40 riots since January 21, according to the UN -, and to require that help be allowed to enter. .

Drugs and food products sent by the United States remain three days in the warehouses of the storage facility located in Cucuta, Colombia, near the Tienditas border bridge. blocked by the Venezuelan army with two containers and a tanker.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said "the humanitarian emergency" is "made in Washington" for "to intervene" in the oil country, described as "political show" the deployment of aid and blame for the lack of food and medicine to the United States sanctions.

"I understand that the regime refuses to acknowledge the crisis that they have generated, but Venezuelans are working hard to end the usurpation (of Maduro in power) and to respond to this emergency, "Guaidó told a large group of journalists and followers