Live from Simon Bolivar bridge at Venezuela-Colombia border

Ruptly is live from Simon Bolivar bridge in Cucuta where Colombian President Ivan Marquez, Chilean President Sebastian Pinera and their Paraguayan counterpart Mario Abdo Benitez are expected to join Venezuela’s opposition leader and self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido in a fresh attempt to get humanitarian aid over the border into Venezuela.

The aid, brought by US military planes, has been stockpiled in the border town of Cucuta and is expected to be carried across the border by a number of Venezuelan volunteers.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has stated that the aid is nothing but a US plot to disguise an intervention in Venezuela. It is uncertain if the aid will be allowed to cross the border.