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Policemen stand guard during a concert at Tienditas International Bridge, in Venezuela, Friday, February 22, 2019, on the border with Colomcia. Venezuela's power struggle is set to convert into a battle of the bands Friday when musicians demanding Nicolas Maduro allow in humanitarian aid and those supporting the embattled leader's refusal sing in rival concerts being held at both sides of a border bridge where tons of donated food and medicine are being stored. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

Policemen stand guard during a concert at Tienditas International Bridge, in Venezuela, Friday, February 22, 2019, on the border with Colomcia. Venezuela's power struggle is set to convert into a battle of the bands Friday when musicians demanding Nicolas Maduro allow in humanitarian aid and those supporting the embattled leader's refusal sing in rival concerts being held at both sides of a border bridge where tons of donated food and medicine are being stored. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)



A woman shouts slogans against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro during a protest against his government in Urena, Venezuela, Tuesday, February 12, 2019. Nearly three weeks after the Trump administration backed an all-out effort to force out President Nicolas Maduro, the embattled socialist leader is holding strong and defying predictions of an imminent demise. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photo)

A woman shouts slogans against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro during a protest against his government in Urena, Venezuela, Tuesday, February 12, 2019. Nearly three weeks after the Trump administration backed an all-out effort to force out President Nicolas Maduro, the embattled socialist leader is holding strong and defying predictions of an imminent demise. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photo)



Valentina Gonzalez, 10, left, and her friend Engleston Gonzalez, 8, stand next to clothes drying on a fence in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, January 29, 2019. Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro went on state television Tuesday to announce that he was beefing up the nation's defense by expanding Venezuela's civilian armed militia to 2 million members. The reserve force was created by the late Hugo Chavez to train civilians to assist the armed forces and defend the socialist revolution from attacks. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

Valentina Gonzalez, 10, left, and her friend Engleston Gonzalez, 8, stand next to clothes drying on a fence in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, January 29, 2019. Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro went on state television Tuesday to announce that he was beefing up the nation's defense by expanding Venezuela's civilian armed militia to 2 million members. The reserve force was created by the late Hugo Chavez to train civilians to assist the armed forces and defend the socialist revolution from attacks. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)



A woman dons a fake mustache emulating that of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro, at a pro-government rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, February 2, 2019. Maduro called the rally to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the late President Hugo Chavez's rise to power. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)

A woman dons a fake mustache emulating that of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro, at a pro-government rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, February 2, 2019. Maduro called the rally to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the late President Hugo Chavez's rise to power. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)



Butchers cut meat at a wholesale food market in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, January 28, 2019. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

Butchers cut meat at a wholesale food market in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, January 28, 2019. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)



Clowns from the volunteer group Doctor Yaso gather during the celebration of their 14th anniversary, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, February 7, 2019. Trucks carrying U.S. humanitarian aid destined for Venezuela arrived Thursday at the Colombian border, where opposition leaders vowed to bring them into their troubled nation despite objections from embattled President Nicolas Maduro. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

Clowns from the volunteer group Doctor Yaso gather during the celebration of their 14th anniversary, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, February 7, 2019. Trucks carrying U.S. humanitarian aid destined for Venezuela arrived Thursday at the Colombian border, where opposition leaders vowed to bring them into their troubled nation despite objections from embattled President Nicolas Maduro. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)



A government supporter reads a newspaper standing next to a poster featuring Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez with a message that reads in Spanish: “Hot corner, Maduro president”, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, January 29, 2019. “Esquina Caliente” or Hot Corner is a section of Plaza Bolivar where Chavez supporters gather regularly. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

A government supporter reads a newspaper standing next to a poster featuring Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez with a message that reads in Spanish: “Hot corner, Maduro president”, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, January 29, 2019. “Esquina Caliente” or Hot Corner is a section of Plaza Bolivar where Chavez supporters gather regularly. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)



Residents stand near a wall as they watch a member of the National Police Action Force, or FAES, an elite commando unit created for anti-gang operations, patrol the Antimano neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, January 29, 2019. Human Rights Watch has detailed widespread abuses by members of Venezuela's security forces in reports published in 2014 and 2017. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

Residents stand near a wall as they watch a member of the National Police Action Force, or FAES, an elite commando unit created for anti-gang operations, patrol the Antimano neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, January 29, 2019. Human Rights Watch has detailed widespread abuses by members of Venezuela's security forces in reports published in 2014 and 2017. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)



Carlos, 8, and Yoiner, 5, sit at the door of their home, late afternoon in the Petare slum of Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, February 7, 2019. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

Carlos, 8, and Yoiner, 5, sit at the door of their home, late afternoon in the Petare slum of Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, February 7, 2019. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)



An elderly woman is offered cash as she begs at a wholesale food market in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, January 28, 2019. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

An elderly woman is offered cash as she begs at a wholesale food market in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, January 28, 2019. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)



A car being repaired stands on stilts in the Catia district of Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, January 31, 2019. An independent U.N. human rights monitor says economic sanctions are compounding a “grave crisis” in Venezuela. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

A car being repaired stands on stilts in the Catia district of Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, January 31, 2019. An independent U.N. human rights monitor says economic sanctions are compounding a “grave crisis” in Venezuela. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)



Woman shouts "Welcome humanitarian aid" as he waives Venezuelan flag in front aof a group of Venezuelan Army soldiers and National Guard officers blocking the main access to the Tienditas International Bridge that links Colombia and Venezuela, near Urena, Venezuela, Thursday, February 7, 2019. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

Woman shouts "Welcome humanitarian aid" as he waives Venezuelan flag in front aof a group of Venezuelan Army soldiers and National Guard officers blocking the main access to the Tienditas International Bridge that links Colombia and Venezuela, near Urena, Venezuela, Thursday, February 7, 2019. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)



Venezuelan Bolivarian National Guardsmen line up near a Divine Mercy Jesus Christ poster outside the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, January 29, 2019. Venezuela's chief prosecutor on Tuesday asked the country's top court to ban opposition National Assembly President Juan Guaido from leaving the country, launching a criminal probe into his anti-government activities while international pressure builds against President Nicolas Maduro. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

Venezuelan Bolivarian National Guardsmen line up near a Divine Mercy Jesus Christ poster outside the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, January 29, 2019. Venezuela's chief prosecutor on Tuesday asked the country's top court to ban opposition National Assembly President Juan Guaido from leaving the country, launching a criminal probe into his anti-government activities while international pressure builds against President Nicolas Maduro. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)



In this February 6, 2019 photo, the wife of a soldier who was part of the group that attacked the presidential palace in a failed 1992 military coup organized by the late Hugo Chavez, checks her hair minutes before the start of the weekly, live TV program coined: “Con el Mazo Dando”, or “Hitting it With a Sledgehammer”, inside an aviation academy in Maracay, Venezuela. For government supporters attending the program, the enthusiasm for the show's host Diosdado Cabello, who the U.S. and European Union have sanctioned for human rights abuses and corruption, bordered on Elvis Presley-like idolatry. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

In this February 6, 2019 photo, the wife of a soldier who was part of the group that attacked the presidential palace in a failed 1992 military coup organized by the late Hugo Chavez, checks her hair minutes before the start of the weekly, live TV program coined: “Con el Mazo Dando”, or “Hitting it With a Sledgehammer”, inside an aviation academy in Maracay, Venezuela. For government supporters attending the program, the enthusiasm for the show's host Diosdado Cabello, who the U.S. and European Union have sanctioned for human rights abuses and corruption, bordered on Elvis Presley-like idolatry. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)



Anti-government protesters stop a truck while blocking a highway with a small group of demonstrators who were returning from a peaceful demonstration called by self-declared interim president Juan Guaido to demand the resignation of President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, February 2, 2019. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

Anti-government protesters stop a truck while blocking a highway with a small group of demonstrators who were returning from a peaceful demonstration called by self-declared interim president Juan Guaido to demand the resignation of President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, February 2, 2019. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)



People watch Venezuelan soldiers at the border between Venezuela and Brazil in Pacaraima, Roraima state, Brazil, February 22, 2019. (Photo by Ricardo Moraes/Reuters)

People watch Venezuelan soldiers at the border between Venezuela and Brazil in Pacaraima, Roraima state, Brazil, February 22, 2019. (Photo by Ricardo Moraes/Reuters)



People walk to the Venezuela Aid Live concert that will play on the Colombian side of the border near the Simon Bolivar International Bridge, from San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela, Friday, February 22, 2019. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

People walk to the Venezuela Aid Live concert that will play on the Colombian side of the border near the Simon Bolivar International Bridge, from San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela, Friday, February 22, 2019. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)



Potato bags are displayed for sale in La Parada, on the outskirts of Cucuta, Colombia, on the border with Venezuela, Wednesday, February 6, 2019. Tensions in the area have risen since the Venezuelan military blocked a border bridge where humanitarian aid is expected to arrive with a tanker and two cargo trailers, Colombian officials said Monday, in an apparent bid to stop the loads of food and other supplies from entering the country. (Photo by Fernando Vergara/AP Photo)

Potato bags are displayed for sale in La Parada, on the outskirts of Cucuta, Colombia, on the border with Venezuela, Wednesday, February 6, 2019. Tensions in the area have risen since the Venezuelan military blocked a border bridge where humanitarian aid is expected to arrive with a tanker and two cargo trailers, Colombian officials said Monday, in an apparent bid to stop the loads of food and other supplies from entering the country. (Photo by Fernando Vergara/AP Photo)



Supporters of President Nicolas Maduro sing a song about Venezuela's late president Hugo Chavez, during a event at Bolivar Square in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, February 7, 2019. Maduro said that he hopes to collect 10 million signatures to ask Washington to withdraw its threats of war against the people of Venezuela. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)

Supporters of President Nicolas Maduro sing a song about Venezuela's late president Hugo Chavez, during a event at Bolivar Square in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, February 7, 2019. Maduro said that he hopes to collect 10 million signatures to ask Washington to withdraw its threats of war against the people of Venezuela. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)



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, February 23, 2019. (Photo by Edgard Garrido/Reuters)

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, February 23, 2019. (Photo by Edgard Garrido/Reuters)



Supporters of opposition leader Juan Guaidó gather behind a Venezuelan flag in San Cristobal, Venezuela, before starting a walk to the country’s border with Colombia on February 21, 2019. The opposition has vowed to bring humanitarian aid being held in Colombia to Venezuela. President Nicolás Maduro has threatened to close the border. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)

Supporters of opposition leader Juan Guaidó gather behind a Venezuelan flag in San Cristobal, Venezuela, before starting a walk to the country’s border with Colombia on February 21, 2019. The opposition has vowed to bring humanitarian aid being held in Colombia to Venezuela. President Nicolás Maduro has threatened to close the border. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)



Opposition demonstrators stand at the ready during clashes with the Bolivarian National Guard in Urena, Venezuela, near the border with Colombia, Saturday, February 23, 2019. Venezuela's National Guard fired tear gas on residents clearing a barricaded border bridge between Venezuela and Colombia on Saturday, heightening tensions over blocked humanitarian aid that opposition leader Juan Guaido has vowed to bring into the country over objections from President Nicolas Maduro. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

Opposition demonstrators stand at the ready during clashes with the Bolivarian National Guard in Urena, Venezuela, near the border with Colombia, Saturday, February 23, 2019. Venezuela's National Guard fired tear gas on residents clearing a barricaded border bridge between Venezuela and Colombia on Saturday, heightening tensions over blocked humanitarian aid that opposition leader Juan Guaido has vowed to bring into the country over objections from President Nicolas Maduro. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)



An opposition demonstrator rests after clashing with the Bolivarian National Guard in Urena, Venezuela, near the border with Colombia, Saturday, February 23, 2019. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

An opposition demonstrator rests after clashing with the Bolivarian National Guard in Urena, Venezuela, near the border with Colombia, Saturday, February 23, 2019. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)



Venezuelan demonstrators throw stones during clashes with authorities, at the border between Brazil and Venezuela, Saturday, February 23, 2019. Tensions are running high in the Brazilian border city of Pacaraima. Thousands remained at the city's international border crossing with Venezuela to demand the entry of food and medicine. (Photo by Ivan Valencia/AP Photo)

Venezuelan demonstrators throw stones during clashes with authorities, at the border between Brazil and Venezuela, Saturday, February 23, 2019. Tensions are running high in the Brazilian border city of Pacaraima. Thousands remained at the city's international border crossing with Venezuela to demand the entry of food and medicine. (Photo by Ivan Valencia/AP Photo)



A woman moves away from the flames of a burning bus after it was pushed away during clashes with the Bolivarian National Guard in Urena, Venezuela, near the border with Colombia, Saturday, February 23, 2019. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photo)

A woman moves away from the flames of a burning bus after it was pushed away during clashes with the Bolivarian National Guard in Urena, Venezuela, near the border with Colombia, Saturday, February 23, 2019. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photo)



Opposition demonstrators clash with the Bolivarian National Guard in Urena, Venezuela, near the border with Colombia, Saturday, February 23, 2019. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photo)

Opposition demonstrators clash with the Bolivarian National Guard in Urena, Venezuela, near the border with Colombia, Saturday, February 23, 2019. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photo)



Motorized officers of the Bolivarian National Guard patrol during clashes in Urena, Venezuela, near the border with Colombia, Saturday, February 23, 2019. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

Motorized officers of the Bolivarian National Guard patrol during clashes in Urena, Venezuela, near the border with Colombia, Saturday, February 23, 2019. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)



A demonstrator kneels down in front of security forces in Urena, Venezuela, February 23, 2019. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)

A demonstrator kneels down in front of security forces in Urena, Venezuela, February 23, 2019. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)
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