VENEZUELA
Delivering the Goods
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said Monday his supporters had delivered the first humanitarian aid to the public after the government of President Nicolas Maduro had acted to block such shipments.
Tweeting a picture of himself surrounded by vitamins and nutritional supplements, Guaido said his team had delivered the first cargo of humanitarian aid “on a small scale,” Reuters reported.
By now, the US and many other nations have recognized Guaido as Venezuela’s rightful leader. But Maduro is still clinging to power and claims the aid shipments are part of a US strategy to undermine and overthrow him.
Meanwhile, Bloomberg reported that sources close to Maduro said his aides are drawing up contingency plans for him to flee the country if it becomes necessary. Cuba, Russia and Turkey are among the more obvious possible destinations. But Mexico, too, has come up, the agency said.
Welcoming him could be more problematic for some than for others, however. Were he to go to Cuba, for instance, that could give Washington an excuse to push ahead measures targeting Havana for encouraging state-sponsored terrorism.
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