Venezuela Closes Air Space from Dutch Antilles; Moves troops to Border
Venezuela has issued a Notice to Airmen closing its air space to both Commercial and Private aviation from the Dutch Antilles. Venezuelan troops are now being heavily deployed to the border with neighboring Colombia.
Acting President Juan Guaido late last week told Venezuelan military troops "You have a very big decision to make before the 23rd of this month. The biggest decision of your lives."
Today, a cargo ship departed Puerto Rico carrying 10 ocean containers filled with Humanitarian aid; that ship is scheduled to arrive at a port in Venezuela on . . . the 23rd.
Venezuela’s interim President Juan Guaidó today asked followers to surround military bases on Saturday to demand that the armed forces allow aid into the country — a provocative move that’s likely to inflame Nicolás Maduro.
In a series of tweets Wednesday, Guaidó told his 1.3 million followers to peacefully surround military installations “and demand the entry of humanitarian aid.”
“Señores of the [armed forces], you have three days to follow the orders of the president and put yourself on the right side of the constitution,” he wrote. “This aid is to save lives.”
The tactic comes as Guaidó — backed by the United States, Colombia, Brazil and others — is asking hundreds of thousands of volunteers to defy Maduro and his military and head to the border this weekend and bring in food and medical supplies that have been donated to the country. A warehouse of largely U.S. aid is being stockpiled near the Colombian town of Cúcuta. And there are plans to have similar depots in Brazil and the Dutch island of Curacao.
Maduro says the aid push is illegal, unnecessary and tantamount to an invasion. He’s blocked one border bridge with Colombia, sent military to the frontier and has promised not to let any of the aid in. He has also suspended flights and shipping from Curacao.
Venezuela has been mired in a political stalemate since Jan. 23 when Guaidó said it was his constitutional duty, as head of congress, to assume the presidency and call new elections. Maduro says he has the right to run the economically shattered country through 2025.
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