Brazil Vows to Send Aid to Venezuela Despite Maduro’s Protests

Brazil says it will send humanitarian aid to its border with Venezuela by the weekend, despite the protests of embattled president nicolás maduro.

The delivery and distribution of the aid is being organized by Venezuelan opposition leader juan guaidó, the brazilian presidential spokesman said.

Mr maduro denies there is a crisis in venezuela and calls the growing aid operation, US-orchestrated show. He denies that Venezuela is in food and drugs crisis.

Venezuela also closed its sea and air border with curacao.

The Dutch Caribbean island, off Venezuela’s north coast, is willing and planning to host US aid.

Maduro Blocks USAID aid

The military has so far managed to block shipments of US aid from coming across the border with Colombia. The trucks full loaded with humanitarian Aid are stuck at Columbia

Despite having repeatedly denied the existence of a humanitarian crisis and having rejected US aid shipments as a ploy to knock over his government, Mr. Maduro on Monday announced that 300 tonnes of aid would be shipped to Venezuela from Russia.

He said the shipment from its close ally would arrive in the south American nation on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Venezuela’s military has reaffirmed its support for president Maduro, rejecting a call by us president Donald trump to switch allegiance to Mr. Guaidó.

Juan Guaido’

Juan Guaidó (r) has been recognized by several governments as interim president

Defense minister Vladimir Padrino, appearing alongside senior officers, said any attempt to impose a new government would have to be done over “our dead bodies”.

He said the armed forces would block the delivery of aid sent by the US and other countries that have recognized Mr. Guaidó as interim president.

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