A community member shows bullets marks in a house after Venezuelan soldiers opened fire on indigenous people near the border with Brazil on Friday, killing two, in Kumarakapay, Venezuela, February 22, 2019. REUTERS/William Urdaneta
KUMARAKAPAY, Venezuela/CUCUTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Venezuelan soldiers opened fire on indigenous people near the border with Brazil on Friday, killing two, as President Nicolas Maduro sought to block U.S.-backed efforts to bring aid into his economically devastated nation.
The United States, which is among dozens of nations to recognise opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela's legitimate president, has been stockpiling aid in the Colombian frontier town of Cucuta to ship across the border this weekend.
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