Venezuelan troops near the Colombian border fired tear gas at a group of people seeking to cross into the neighboring nation to work, according to a Reuters witness.
The government of President Maduro has shuttered borders as opposition leaders prepare to bring humanitarian aid into Venezuela against the wishes of the government.
Maduro says the “relief” effort led by Guaido is a US-orchestrated plot to oust him from power, and take over Venezuela which has the world’s largest proven oil reserves in the world.