Defying orders banning him from leaving Venezuela, opposition leader <person>Juan Guaido</person> made a surprise appearance at the end of star-studded aid concert in neighboring Colombia, joining thousands of other Venezuelans in pressuring President <person>Nicolas Maduro</person> into allowing the delivery of emergency food and medicine.
In Venezuela, a much smaller crowd gathered for a rival, three-day "Hands Off Venezuela" festival being organized by <person>Maduro</person>. Even as several million Venezuelans flee the country and those who remain struggle to find basic goods like food and antibiotics, the embattled president claims the relief effort led by <person>Guaido</person> is a U.S. orchestrated ploy to oust him from power.