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#Venezuela 🇻🇪: #VenezuelaAidLive is about to kick off in #Cúcuta (#Colombia) as thousands of people are gathering at the main stage.

Important figures like OAS Secretary General @Almagro_OEA2015, Colombian President @IvanDuque & billionaire @richardbranson are at the border
#Venezuela 🇻🇪: The #VenezuelaAidLive concert can be watched live here on YouTube
#Venezuela 🇻🇪: the #VenezuelaAidLive concert is taking place just meteres from the 🇻🇪-🇨🇴 border bridge which the #Maduro regime blocked with trucks
#Venezuela 🇻🇪: #VenezuelaAidLive starts with the playing of the Venezuelan National Anthem "Gloria Al Bravo Pueblo"
#Venezuela 🇻🇪: while music is being played on the border with #Colombia 🇨🇴 the #GranSabana region on the border with #Brazil 🇧🇷 is descending into chaos as the indigenous Pemon people are going on the offensive against the regime following the killing of two of its members
#Venezuela 🇻🇪: #Maduro's counter-concert to #VenezuelaAidLive turns out to be a complete failure. State-TV stopped airing it on their channels
#Venezuela 🇻🇪: in 2017 #Maduro stole #Despacito and turned it into a pro-regime song at one of his rallies.

Two years later @LuisFonsi hits back by performing at the #VenezuelaAidLive concert
#Venezuela 🇻🇪: @jguaido makes a suprise appearance at the #VenezuelaAidLive concert despite the #Maduro regime stating he isn't allowed to travel abroad
#Venezuela 🇻🇪: @jguaido meets the presidents of #Colombia 🇨🇴, #Paraguay 🇵🇾 and #Chile 🇨🇱 at the #VenezuelaAidLive concert as he defies the #Maduro regime and crosses the border.

#LatinAmerica has clearly chosen a side
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