Mercury (Hobart)

Venezuela aid at border

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TRUCKS carrying US humanitari­an aid destined for Venezuela arrived on Thursday at the Colombian border, where opposition leaders vowed to bring them in despite President Nicolas Maduro’s objections.

Two semi-trailers loaded with boxed emergency food and medicine rolled into the Colombian border city of Cucuta, which is just across the river from Venezuela.

The focus of Venezuela’s political fight now hinges on whether Mr Maduro will allow the aid to enter the country, a move anticipate­d in coming days.

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