Venezuela: while Maduro resists humanitarian aid, Guaidó seeks to capitalize on the support of artists

This Friday it will not be another day for Venezuelans. Dozens of artists will participate in the Aid Live Venezuela music festival to raise funds to partially mitigate the social crisis they have been living in for months. In this context, Juan Guaidó, the self-proclaimed president in charge of Venezuela, is in Cúcuta to exert even more pressure on humanitarian aid that does not come from Colombia by order of Nicolás Maduro. President Chavez closed the border and deployed soldiers at key points.

Guaidó is pursuing its goal with the goal that Venezuela will get help from the border at the border this Saturday. The state of Táchira, on the border with Cúcuta, Colombia, will be one of the places where they could spend millions of dollars in foods and medicines. The self-appointed president arrived on the spot, accompanied by several MPs, and other opposition politicians will arrive with hours to coordinate details.

Faced with the possibility of a military response to Maduro continue to take place in this territory, Guaidó has signed a "presidential decree" to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid, the opening of the border and the recognition of members of the armed forces who join him. TN He went to the border area to cover possible alternatives to what could happen this weekend.

The struggle for power does not give respite. When Maduro learned that Guaidó had organized a caravan to look for humanitarian aid, the head of the Bolivarian state closed the borders with Brazil and restricted airspace.

"I decided that in the south of Venezuela, from the 20th of this Thursday, February 21st, is totally closed and absolutely Until further notice, the land border with Brazil, "said the president at a meeting with the military in Caracas, Fuerte Tiuna, the largest barracks in the country.

Members of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) blocked with trucks the pbadage of the bus caravan in which deputies lined up with Guaidó went to the state of Táchira. Some They were able to overcome the blocked areasbut others could not advance.

The Bolivarian President also announced the arrival of an expedition 7.5 tons of medicines sent from Russia. He also confirmed that they would accept technical badistance from the European Union through the United Nations.

"Venezuela is undergoing a criminal blockade that it does not allow us to buy drugs. But Venezuelans are not beggars of anyone and we will cancel all our obligations, "said the leader of Chavez.