After Venezuela Aid Is Torched, Guaido Plots Bolder Moves

  • Guaido to meet Pence and other outside powers on Monday
  • Maduro reinforces borders after aid fails to push through
People gather near a destroyed truck on the Simon Bolivar bridge one day after clashes on the border.Photographer: Federico Rios/Bloomberg
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There was blood, smoke, smashed glass and tear gas. But a day of violence Saturday left Venezuela where it was before: Nothing changed on the ground. No one seems to be winning. And the nation is still hungry, scared and wondering what comes next.

“Honestly, I’m disappointed,” said Luis Antonio Cequera, 52, a water vendor in the border town of Cucuta, where the clashes between supporters of President Nicolas Maduro and his rival Juan Guaido were fierce. “What we need is support and we didn’t have support from anyone.”