Venezuelan Government of Nicolás Maduro Violently Repulses Shipments of Humanitarian Aid

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On Saturday, February 23, 2019, opponents of President Nicolás Maduro attempted to send truckloads of food and medicine across the Venezuelan borders with Colombia and Brazil. In response, the Venezuelan government ordered the closure of three border crossings. Supporters of opposition leader Juan Guaidó, self-proclaimed interim president of Venezuela, clashed violently with members of the Venezuela armed forces at the border across from the Colombian city of Cúcuta, where USAID and the U.S. military had dropped hundreds of tons of aid over several weeks. Journalists, politicians, and academics offered interpretations of what the clashes meant, and what they could predict about the future.

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