Venezuela Aid Live brought up the best of people, regardless of which side of the border they come from, while it helped to make our problems visible to the world. But the event, from that marginalized, strange place, also showed the strength we Venezuelans have built, even under the threat of war.
GNB and Army officers opened fire against the Pemon community, injuring 14 people and killing two. Cabello and Arreaza blame opposition leaders and the Pemon. Delcy closed the border with Colombia. Maduro couldn’t be bothered to attend his own concert. Guaidó crossed to Cucuta with help from the Armed Forces.
Early this morning, soldiers from the Venezuelan National Guard and the Army opened fire on indigenous communities near the Venezuela-Brazil border. Tensions are super high now, with military officers held by civilians and reprisal on the way...
Music, hope, possible mistakes… The Colombian epicentre of Venezuela Aid Live is a mix of emotions and premonitions a day before the concert and the security-sensitive visit of three presidents. Here are some voices of the city.
Despite the GNB’s abuses all over our highways, AN lawmakers made it to Tachira. Putin’s representative reveals Maduro lied about humanitarian aid from Russia. Turns out chickens can sing: former chavista El Pollo Carvajal shared a video on social media demanding the Armed Forces to side with Guaidó and the Venezuelan people.
As Cúcuta prepares for a tense and potentially dramatic weekend in the international spotlight, workers from international as well as local Colombian aid organizations are not happy with the disruptions to their always difficult work.
Members of the foundations Mano Amiga por la Vida (Mavid) and Conciencia por la Vida are being fiercely persecuted and harassed by the security forces of the Maduro regime. Their crime: receiving medicines and milk formulas for HIV patients.
In the first Cucuta Chronicles dispatch, our intrepid reporters pretend to be married and face the bleak possibilities of separation and abduction, until they solve the situation and cross the border by the power of a couple of Andean pastries.
Chavismo blocked the Francisco de Miranda Av. to stop a rally from the transport sector supporting caretaker President Guaidó. Chavista ministers claim that they’ll die for the revolution. U.S. Southern Command chief Craig Faller speaks to the Armed Forces. Guaidó's serious diplomatic misstep in Costa Rica Yulimar Rojas wins again!
A Venezuelan doctor with many years of experience in international humanitarian aid explains the magnitude of the challenge: clear priorities, bigger amounts, and de-politicization are the right ways to provide emergency relief to Venezuela.
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