Venezuelan opposition calls on international community to pave way for assistance

The Venezuelan opposition's envoy to the United States accused the government of President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday of blocking humanitarian aid to the country and urged the international community to help open "thousands of windows" to let assistance in.

Carlos Vecchio, opposition leader Juan Guaido's representative in Washington, spoke to an international aid conference hosted at the Organization of American States (OAS) headquarters in Washington as a deadlock persisted in delivering aid to the crisis-stricken South American country. Guaido invoked constitutional provisions last month to declare himself interim president, arguing that Maduro's re-election last year was a sham.