What happens in Venezuela?

Hello steemians as you know I am from Venezuela and I will tell you what has happened today with the help of the latest news Antena news google:

ÚN.- The President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, informed that the United Nations (UN) will help the country in the purchase of medicines and supplies.

"We have something called humanitarian technical assistance with the United Nations, I have asked them in a special way to help us buy the medicines that block us the American empire and they have said yes, they will help us (...) We are looking for new ways with the United Nations, "he said during an event to commemorate the Bicentennial of the Angostura Congress in Bolívar state.

The Head of State recalled that on February 14, a shipment arrived with 933 tons of medicines from China, Russia and Cuba.

"Yesterday 933 tons of medicines arrived from China, Russia and Cuba and we paid with our money because we are not beggars of anyone," he said.

He added that while in Venezuela the US government (USA), freezes 30 billion dollars "offer right $ 20 million for a rotten and contaminated food."

He stressed that despite the threats, the National Government continues adding efforts to guarantee food to more than 6 million families through the Local Committees of Supply and Production (Clap).

"Only through work, production, we will ensure in this year 2019, month by month, that the country improves and grows in its economic conditions, not being beggars of anyone, it is a booby trap", he emphasized.

The National President urged the Venezuelan people to remain mobilized in defense of the peace and sovereignty of the country.

"I ask the social fronts, the working class, the women, the youth of the Great Patriotic Pole, the social, cultural, political forces, improve their actions, join more and more (...) strengthen the Clap, improve them , expand the capacity of popular power, from the family, from the neighborhood, "he said.

He asked to strengthen the organization, the mobilization, the conscience, the political and ideological education, as well as the education in values.

The US government is sending another major shipment of humanitarian aid to Venezuela's border with Colombia, this time using US military aircraft to pressure Nicolás Maduro to relinquish power, according to a leaked email from the State Department to Congress.

The 250 tons of emergency supplies will begin arriving on Saturday at the border city of Cúcuta, where tons of boxes of emergency supplies are already stored, sealed with the flag of the United States, pending delivery in Venezuela.

Maduro reinforces the blockade of aid and Guaidó tries to 'take' the state oil company
The National Assembly launches the conquest of PdVSA and its philian Citgo, considered the seventh refinery in the US, while Maduro reinforces the blockade on the border
Photo: Oil exploitation in Lake Maracaibo, in Cabimas, Venezuela. (Reuters)
Oil exploitation in Lake Maracaibo, in Cabimas, Venezuela. (Reuters)
The email sent on Friday was provided to The Associated Press by a congressional adviser who is not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.

Although the US armed forces have long supported humanitarian assistance missions led by civil society around the world, this is the first time they have been used to deploy aid to Venezuela.

The Government of Nicolás Maduro has reinforced the blockade of the Tienditas border bridge, which the opposition intends to use to get humanitarian aid into Venezuela, with new obstacles such as concrete parts and containers. According to the opposition deputy Franklyn Duarte denounced to the Efe agency, these obstacles were placed "overnight" in the binational bridge that connects the country with Colombia.

Duarte has ensured that a "human tide" will lift the obstacles next day 23 - as promised by the self-proclaimed President Juan Guaidó - to enter the country a help intended to alleviate a "humanitarian emergency" that the Government of Caracas denies .

Meanwhile, the National Assembly (AN) led by Guaidó has embarked on the 'conquest' of Petróleos de Venezuela (PdVSA) and its Texas-based affiliate, Citgo, considered the seventh US refinery. The Assembly appointed yesterday an administrative board to control the state oil company, severely affected by the fall in productivity and involved in various cases of corruption, and its subsidiaries. The response of Chavez has not been slow to arrive: the Prosecutor announced on Thursday the opening of an investigation against the members of the board and the ambassadors appointed by the Assembly.

Guaidó relies on article 34 of the Statute Law that governs the transition of powers, according to which PdVSA "will not have any relationship with those who today usurp the Presidency of the Republic and will not make any payment or patrimonial contribution to Pdvsa while such usurpation". The AN considers that the presidency of Nicolás Maduro is illegitimate because, although the Chavista leader won out easily in the May elections, the majority of the opposition boycotted elections for which the main parties and their leaders had been disqualified.

An oil well in Lake Maracaibo, in Cabimas, Caracas. (Reuters)
An oil well in Lake Maracaibo, in Cabimas, Caracas. (Reuters)
At the end of January, the US imposed one of the most far-reaching sanctions in its history, which entailed the blockade of all assets of PdVSA, which accounts for more than 90% of the Venezuelan Executive's income. The executive order signed from Washington includes the Government of Maduro, any political subdivision or agency, the Central Bank of Venezuela and any person acting in direct or indirect representation of the Venezuelan Executive.

In the absence of the appointment of the president of PdVSA, Guaidó thus begins the takeover of the state oil company and one of its most important subsidiaries: Citgo, "the seventh largest refinery in the US, with 4% of the market and refining capacity of 750,000 barrels ", according to the chairman of the AN's Energy and Oil commission, Eduardo Matas.