Politics
Aid Trucks Arrive as Maduro’s Forces Dig In at Border Bridge
- His rival, Juan Guaido, is amassing supplies to fight hunger
- Guaido’s hopes of unseating Maduro may ride on making delivery
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The first shipments of U.S. humanitarian aid for Venezuela arrived at the country’s western border Thursday, setting the stage for a clash with the government of President Nicolas Maduro, who has pledged to block the supplies.
Two trucks arrived in the Colombian border town of Cucuta, and took the supplies to a warehouse next to an unused bridge that connects the countries. More deliveries are expected soon, though the scale of the need is immense. The supplies will be sent into Venezuela next week, opposition lawmaker Gaby Arellano said in a phone interview.