The friction between the embattled Venezuela president Maduro and the self-proclaimed Venezuelan leader Guaidó escalates as Guaidó sets out to bring Aid from US to Venezuela despite Maduro’s order to block any form of aid entering the country.
Guaidó’s convoy will travel 800-900km (500-560 miles) to the Colombian border where aid is being stockpiled on the Colombian side, in the city of Cúcuta.
A group of vehicles are driven on the road after leaving the house of the Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó in Caracas, 21 February 2019I
“Confirmed – it’s rolling,” a spokesman for Mr Guaidó’s convoy told AFP news agency on Thursday after he left Caracas by car.
“We know that the regime is going to put all obstacles to prevent us from reaching the border, but nothing is stopping us, we are going to continue,” opposition MP Yanet Fermin told the news agency.
Food Minister Luis Medina Ramírez, reported that he was sent 20,600 boxes CLAP to be delivered in Cúcuta.
Meanwhile, the Venezuelan government announced it would deliver 20,600 of its own food boxes to the Colombian border area.
A video posted on Twitter by Food Minister Luis Medina Ramírez showed cargo Lorries.