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Venezuela's Guaido announces aid will enter on February 23
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Speaking at a rally in Caracas, Guaido said the armed forces, which remain loyal to President Nicolas Maduro, should allow the aid to enter the country. Guaido denounces Maduro’s presidency as illegitimate Venezuela's Guaido announces aid will enter on February 23
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Tuesday that humanitarian aid will enter Venezuela on Feb 23, to bring relief to people struggling with widespread shortages of food and medicine.
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido at a rally. Guaido announced on Tuesday that desperately-needed humanitarian aid would be brought into the country on Feb 23. File picture: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters.
Caracas - Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido announced on Tuesday that desperately-needed humanitarian aid would be brought into the country on February 23, despite opposition from President Nicolas Maduro.
US aid has been piling up in Colombia at the border with Venezuela but until now the bridge border crossing has been barricaded by the military, under Maduro's orders.
Guaido, who declared himself acting president last month, announced the date at a rally by tens of thousands of opposition supporters to pressure the military to allow in the aid.
He asked the 250 000 people who signed up as volunteers to organise themselves over the weekend, "because we're going to have to go in caravans."
"We have almost 300 000 Venezuelans who will die if the aid doesn't enter. There are almost two million at health risk," said Guaido, recognised as Venezuela's interim leader by 50
