Previously, the Venezuelan opposition stated that the delivery of US aid to Venezuela would begin on 23 February. The government of President Nicolas Maduro plans to prevent the aid from being supplied to the country. The president has slammed the US move as an attempt to overthrow government.
Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said that Venezuela had updated UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Washington’s plan to «force» aid into the country, adding that the UN chief was watching the situation closely.
«We brought him [Guterres] up to speed with the… propaganda machinery on the way on our borders and this is in violation of international law without the authorization of the United Nations and without even the authorization of the International Red Cross,» Arreaza said on Friday.
