Colombia closed temporarily the border with Venezuela. In the collisions of demonstrators with Venezuelan border guards came on Saturday, the damage had to be repaired, informed the Colombian migration authorities.
Because of the barrier of the Transitions, the followers of the self-appointed interim President Juan Guaidó can not start a new attempt to create in the Colombian border town of Cúcuta gelagten relief goods across the border to Venezuela. On the Venezuelan side of the border by the head of state Nicolás Maduro has been closed already on Friday.
Colombia’s head of state, Iván Duque, visited on Sunday, the international border bridge Simón Bolívar in Cúcuta. “The dictatorship (Maduros) sealed before the world their moral defeat,” said Duque. He was referring to the Venezuelan government prevented the import of relief goods. In the case of the incidents at the border, according to the Colombian foreign Ministry were injured 285 people.
After the violent Blockade of aid shipments to Venezuela, the Opposition of the country now relies on international pressure. Guaidó called on the international community to look at “all possibilities” against the left-nationalist head of state, Maduro considered.
military was not Maduro faithful
a military intervention he from the castle. The USA, the EU and the neighbouring countries of Venezuela condemned the violence, Venezuelan security forces, had been killed at the weekend, two people and hundreds injured. According to the non-governmental organization Foro Penal, which opened soldiers on the border to Brazil, the fire and killed two people, including a 14-year-old Boy. A further 31 people were injured.
The Plan of the Opposition to bring against the will of the government in Caracas relief goods across borders, had failed on Saturday at the resistance government-loyal security forces. Of from about 50 countries recognized Guaidó had hoped that soldiers would be overrun at the aid shipments to the Opposition.
But the military remained Maduro is faithful, who had scourged the relief supplies in an attempt to U.S. military intervention in Venezuela to prepare. Soldiers barred the car to the borders with Colombia and Brazil, the last convoys, which were broken up with tons of food and medicines, the way.
Guaidó had called on his supporters to force the inlet of the deliveries across the border. After the Failure of the Plan, he announced that to visit for Monday’s scheduled Meeting of the Lima group in Bogotá, the US Vice-President Mike Pence is scheduled to participate.
Pompeo predicted Maduro’s “the end”
US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo said on Sunday channel CNN, he was sure, “that the Venezuelan citizens will ensure that the days of Maduro’s are numbered”.
He made especially Maduro-loyalty to the militias responsible for the violence and called on the military to protect the citizens of Venezuela. Previously, he had announced the “measures” of the United States to support democracy in Venezuela.
Video: Venezuelan army uses tear gas On the border with Colombia, it came to clashes. (Video: AFP/SDA)
The EU’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini warned of an “escalation of tensions” and called for a political solution. They, too, criticized on Sunday the use of “irregular armed groups” in Venezuela. The military called for restraint.
Maduro attacked at a large rally in Caracas to the “fascist government of Colombia,” and broke off diplomatic relations with the neighboring state. “We will never give, I’ll never give in,” he said.
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Created: 24.02.2019, 17:58 PM
