Showdown Looms as Venezuela Opposition to Confront Border Troops Over Aid

Venezuela's opposition supporters demand to cross the border line between Colombia and Venezuela at Simon Bolivar bridge as Venezuela's security forces stand in the border line blocking their way in the outskirts of Cucuta, Colombia, on Feb. 23, 2019. Edgard Garrido/Reuters

CUCUTA, Colombia/URENA, Venezuela—Venezuela’s opposition and activists prepared on Saturday, Feb. 23, to confront troops stationed along the country’s borders to block their plan to bring in food and medicine.

Opposition volunteers in neighboring Brazil and Colombia plan to arrive at the border to help carry humanitarian aid to a sick and hungry population suffering from an economic meltdown under President Nicolas Maduro.