Juan Guaido announced today the entry of the first shipment of humanitarian aid to Venezuela across the border with Brazil, despite the order issued by President Nicholas Maduro to keep the border closed.
"We officially announce the entry of a first shipment of humanitarian aid across our border with Brazil," Guido, admitted by some 50 countries as acting president, wrote on Twitter. Venezuela, it's a great achievement. "
In statements from the Colombian side on the border, Guido announced that humanitarian assistance sent by the United States and its allies was on its way home.
Guido gave the signal from Colombia to a process aimed at passing aid across the border closed by the Madurore regime.
Guido called on the soldiers to allow the convoy to cross the border and said that "humanitarian assistance is on its way to Venezuela peacefully and calmly to save lives."
"Maduro will be responsible for any acts of violence," Colombian President Ivan Duki said, standing next to Guido.
Guido was successful in crossing the border into the Colombian city of Cucuta.
Guido traveled from the Venezuelan capital Caracas by bus, bypassing several police checkpoints, the daily El Nacional reported on Wednesday.
He was then taken by helicopter to Cucuta.
Guido appeared in the city at a charity ceremony held for Venezuela with Colombian President Ivan Doki.
The concert, which was attended by about 35 Spanish artists, was held in the Colombian border town of Cucuta on the Tindetas Bridge, where Guido wants to use it as a bridge to deliver aid to his country from tomorrow.
The concert, called Venezuela Life Aid, aims to raise $ 100 million for humanitarian aid within 60 days.