Senator Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks to the press near the Simon Bolivar International Bridge, which connects Colombia with Venezuela, in La Parada, near Cucuta, Colombia, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. As part of U.S. humanitarian aid to Venezuela, Rubio is visiting the area where the medical supplies, medicine and food aid is stored before it it expected to be taken across the border on Feb. 23. An enthusiastic throng of Venezuelan migrants, some chanting “Rubio! Maduro Is using troops to block aid from entering, saying it’s unnecessary and part of coup to overthrow him. While Russia, China, Turkey and a large number of Asian and African countries still back Maduro, Rubio dismissed them, saying in English, “The countries that support Maduro do not surprise us.

Source: Washington Post February 18, 2019 01:47 UTC