Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro threatened to close the border with Colombia on Thursday as opposition leader Juan Guaido and some 80 lawmakers ran a gauntlet of roadblocks trying to get to the frontier to receive humanitarian aid. “If so-called aid material is forced into Venezuela, and then if it causes violence and clashes, it will have serious consequences. “China opposes military intervention in Venezuela, and opposes any actions causing tensions or even unrest,” he said. Beijing has lent more than $50 billion to Venezuela through oil-for-loan agreements over the past decade, securing energy supplies for its fast-growing economy. A change of government in Venezuela would favor Russia and China, who are the country’s two main foreign creditors, Guaido told Reuters in an interview last month.

Source: bd News24 February 22, 2019 10:18 UTC