A security officer stands guard on the road to the Tienditas cross-border bridge between Colombia and Venezuela, in Cucuta, Colombia February 6, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Eduardo Ramirez
URENA, Venezuela/CUCUTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Desperate Venezuelans asked on Wednesday how they would gain access to U.S. food and medicine aid due to arrive via the Colombia border after President Nicolas Maduro's government blocked the frontier crossing to any humanitarian shipments.
Despite widespread hunger and shortages of staple goods in Venezuela, Maduro vowed to turn back U.S. aid after President Donald Trump's administration last month recognised opposition leader Juan Guaido as the rightful interim ruler of the South American nation.
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