Truck carrying aid crosses Brazil border into Venezuela - opposition lawmaker


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  • Sunday, 24 Feb 2019

FILE PHOTO: Miguel Pizarro, lawmaker of the opposition party Justice First (Primero Justicia), talks to the media during a news conference at the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela February 5, 2019. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero

CARACAS (Reuters) - A truck carrying humanitarian aid crossed into Venezuela from Brazil at midday on Saturday, opposition lawmaker Miguel Pizarro told reporters in Caracas.

A Reuters witness said, however, that while the truck was on Venezuelan soil, it had not yet passed through the customs checkpoint.

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