According to insiders, the US is preparing to send food and medicines to Venezuela. The goods are currently transported to the Colombian border with Venezuela and stored there until they could be brought into the country, it was said today from the environment of the US government.
The opposition leader Juan Guaido had asked for the supplies. The US supports Guaido, who has proclaimed himself transitional president, and has openly called for the overthrow of President Nicolas Maduro.
Salvini: „Maduro is a criminal“
Meanwhile, Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini also commented on Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and described him as a „criminal“. „He makes his people starve, imprisons and tortures. I hope for as soon as possible free and democratic elections in Venezuela, „said the head of the right-wing Lega in a press release.
„I’m close to the millions of Italians and descendants of Italians who live and suffer in Venezuela,“ says Salvini. The Deputy Prime Minister recently came under pressure from Italian opposition parties because, unlike most EU countries, Italy has not yet recognized Guaido as a transitional president. Criticism also came from the Italian head of state Sergio Mattarella.
The Rome-ruling five-star movement defended the decision, meaning „to support with clarity the path of dialogue and the principle of non-intervention“.
