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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced on Saturday (February 23rd) diplomatic relations with Colombia, as the opposition tried to bring a convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid from Colombia to Venezuela.
" I decided to break political and diplomatic relations with the Colombian fascist government whose ambassadors and consuls have 24 hours to leave Venezuela, " Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro told a rally of his supporters in Caracas.
" My patience is exhausted, I can no longer hide it, we can not bear the fact that the Colombian territory is used for attacks against Venezuela. That's why I decided to break all political and diplomatic relations with the Colombian fascist government. "
said Nicolas Maduro in a speech.
"Get out of here, outside the oligarchs! He said, adding, "I van Duque, you're the devil, never had a Colombian government fallen so low ."
This Saturday, Colombian President Ivan Duque was alongside Venezuelan opposition leader, self-proclaimed interim President Juan Guaido in Cucuta, a Colombian city on the border with Venezuela. " We demand that entry (aid) be allowed peacefully in Venezuelan territory ... To prevent it would be an attack on human rights and could constitute a crime against humanity, " he said. Ivan Duque at the press conference.
Arm wrestling in the street in Caracas
As pressure intensified on the border between Colombia and Venezuela, in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, protesters of the opposition and power came out on the street. As every time then, it is a standoff in the street, which seems once again to have turned largely to the advantage of the opposition.
Opposition protesters began to gather in different parts of the capital from 10 am The atmosphere was very festive. They said they were puffed up by the success of the concert held the day before in Colombia.
Quickly, a march started towards the highway that crosses Caracas in its center, a highway quickly overflowed by the impressive mass of demonstrators. The goal was to approach the Carlota military base that runs along to urge the army to let humanitarian aid go to the border.
Despite the joy of seeing so many people, there was also a lot of concern about the situation at the border. Many people did not give up their phones and social networks. Some used their motorcycle radio to follow the situation in real time. The announcement of a truckload of assistance by Brazil immediately resulted in a huge popular jubilation.
On the Chavista side, near the Presidential Palace, the atmosphere was less festive and the crowd smaller. Many officials from several cities around Caracas. According to them, what happens at the border is neither more nor less the beginning of a military intervention and they say they are ready to die for Nicolas Maduro and for the sovereignty of Venezuela.