Troops Barricade Bridge, Border Crossing To Stop Delivery Of Humanitarian Aid

The Venezuelan military has cut off access to border crossings in the west in an attempt to block the delivery of humanitarian aid from the U.S., reports the Daily Telegraph (London).

On Wednesday, troops and members of the national guard barricaded the Tienditas International Bridge, which links Urena, Venezuela, to the Colombian town of Cucuta, with a fuel tanker and two cargo containers.

A second crossing in Venezuela’s La Guajira department was also blocked, said the Colombian...