Maduro’s forces intercept food, supplies coming from Colombia
Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro’s troops set U. S.-backed humanitarian aid trucks on fire, and demanded that President Trump abandon involvement in his country’s affairs.
The humanitarian aid trucks, led by interim president Juan Guaido, were set ablaze Saturday trying to enter Venezuela from Colombia.
“We’re not beggars,” Maduro said. “What the U. S. empire is doing with its puppets is an internal provocation. They wanted to generate a great national commotion, but they didn’t achieve it.”
Maduro severed diplomatic ties with Colombia after its president Ivan Duque declared support for the United States’ recognition of Guaido as leader of Venezuela.
