Guido, said that volunteers will meet humanitarian aid to Venezuela and deliver it to the country
Juan Guido
KIEV. 16 Feb. UNN. The leader of the Venezuelan opposition Juan Guido reported that teams of volunteers will meet sent to Venezuela humanitarian aid February 23 and bring her into the country. The corresponding statement he made on Saturday during a speech in Caracas, reports UNN.
“We organize ourselves in teams through cooperation with the Union of transport workers. They told us: “the few vehicles that we have, we will provide to volunteers, so they can get where need be,” said Guido. According to policy, the number of volunteers who signed up to participate in the delivery and distribution of aid, has reached 600 thousand people.
Guide, also called on Venezuelans to once again take to the streets on February 23 in support of the initiative on the delivery of humanitarian assistance. In addition, he once again appealed to the military with a request to pass into the country of these goods.
“You have seven days to do the right thing. Seven days in order that humanitarian assistance was delivered. As you look into the face of the mother, son, wife, which will need the blood pressure medicine or just food? You’ll be proud to have supported the delivery of aid to Venezuela, or you’ll be ashamed of the fact that he supported the usurper? (in the usurpation of power by the opposition is accusing President Nicolas Maduro — approx. UNN)”, — said the leader of the Venezuelan opposition, referring to the military.
Earlier, Guido said that foreign humanitarian aid will arrive in Venezuela on February 23. According to him, the authorities will try to prevent its delivery, but the opposition as well with the help of volunteers will still be able to distribute food and medicines among the population. In turn, President Maduro called the initiative on transfer of humanitarian aid to the “poor and cheap shows of the oligarchy” and urged citizens to abandon it. Despite the official position of Caracas, February 8, in the Colombian border town of Cucuta has opened a center for the distribution of humanitarian aid for residents of Venezuela.
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January 23, Guido, whose appointment to the post of speaker of Parliament two days earlier revoked by the Supreme court of Venezuela declared himself acting President. The head of state Nicolas Maduro called the incident a coup attempt and announced the severance of diplomatic relations with the United States.
February 4 in Ottawa, held an extraordinary meeting of the Group of Lima, which, in particular, spoke in support of opposition leader Juan Guido and called for a peaceful transition of power in the country by the democratic presidential elections.
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A few hours before the start of the protest on 2 February, the head of strategic planning Department of the General command of the air force, the Venezuelan General Francisco Esteban Yanes Rodriguez said that he recognizes, Guido acting President. He called the Maduro government “dictatorial” and assured that 90% of the personnel of the armed forces do not support the President.
Colonel Jose Luis Silva, the military attaché at the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic in the United States, January 26, also admitted, Guido interim head of Venezuela.
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