Guaido Says 'Forced' To Declare All Options Must Be On Table To Save Venezuela's 'Freedom'

ST. GEORGE'S (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 24th February, 2019) Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who proclaimed himself interim president, said that unsuccessful attempts to deliver humanitarian aid to the country had forced him to "officially" state that all options must be on the table in the fight for Venezuela's "freedom."

"Today's circumstances force me to make a decision and officially tell the international community that all options must be on the table for ensuring freedom of the homeland, which is fighting and will continue to fight. Hope was not born to die," he wrote on Twitter on Saturday.

Earlier on Saturday, the Venezuelan opposition led by Guaido sought to ensure deliveries of the US-sponsored humanitarian aid to the country via neighboring Brazil and Colombia, which resulted in numerous clashes.

During one of the attempts to cross into Venezuela, several trucks with aid were burnt at the bridge connecting Cucuta and Venezuela.

Later, Colombian Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo said that President Ivan Duque Marquez had ordered trucks with humanitarian aid, which departed for Venezuela, to return to the country.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro refuses to allow in unauthorized aid deliveries, saying that they are a ploy to topple his government. Amid Saturday's attempts to force unauthorized aid deliveries into the country, Caracas severed diplomatic and political relations with Colombia, ordering diplomats to leave the country in 24 hours.