Name: Inside Venezuela's Crisis: Blocked Aid, Tear Gas and Richard Branson | The Dispatch
Uploaded: 2020-04-13T16:20:46.000Z
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Venezuelan protesters throw rocks at forces loyal

We're on the Colombian side of the border with Venezuela.

We came here to see if the fight to push across U.S. aid

But so far, the confrontation has led to this:

and the trucks with the aid eventually turning back.

It was a very different scene along the border

This bridge has been barricaded by Maduro

to keep our donated food and medical supplies, which

he sees as a ploy to undermine his government.

On this day, the bridge turned into the stage

At times, it felt removed from the reality inside Venezuela

could really play any part in bringing political change.

We spoke with billionaire Richard Branson, one

“We're going to have a wonderful concert today.

Hopefully, it'll be a dawn of a new era.”

I think anybody who's in a position to help

“Go and talk to the people in the audience,

and you'll realize that it's anything but that.”

will try to force the aid across the border.

And we're back where the concert ended hours before.

Juan Guaidó, the leader of the opposition, arrives.

He's been recognized as Venezuela's president

by more than 50 countries, including the United States.

Everyone on the bridge is watching to see what will

happen when Guaidó tries to lead the trucks carrying

On the other side, the Venezuelan armed forces,

essential to Maduro's power, do not budge.

And Guaidó's hope that they would step aside to let

Guaidó and the trucks never make it onto the bridge,

Colombian police keep them back to prevent clashes.

But on other bridges, violence does break out.

We tag along with Omar Lares, a former mayor

living in exile for opposing Maduro's government.

We see one of the trucks with aid burning

after protesters clashed with Venezuelan security forces.

At the end of the day, a couple of dozen soldiers

and it's unclear when he'll be able to return.

Now the stage is set for what could become a bloodier