Viewfinder: Humanitarian Aid Arrives at the Venezuela–Colombia Border

Pacific Standard Staff
February 8, 2019
Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid for Venezuela arrive in Cucuta, Colombia, a city on the Venezuelan border, on February 7th, 2018.
Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid for Venezuela arrive in Cucuta, Colombia, a city on the Venezuelan border, on February 7th, 2018. Venezuelan military officers blocked a bridge on the Colombian border ahead of the shipment, as opposition leader Juan Guaidó stepped up his challenge to President Nicolás Maduro's authority.

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