![A Colombian police officer guards the border with Venezuela in La Parada, near Cucuta, Colombia, February 19, 2019. AP](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/U7KT2YJG2HLDQODNIRYJKVKJ5M.jpg?smart=true&auth=66a4d83c1a2fd92966b229432867addb6974a6cda039cc147cae363cf4b719fd&width=400&height=225)
A Colombian police officer guards the border with Venezuela in La Parada, near Cucuta, Colombia, February 19, 2019. AP
A Colombian police officer guards the border with Venezuela in La Parada, near Cucuta, Colombia, February 19, 2019. APVenezuela 'on alert,' closes Curacao border ahead of aid shipment
British entrepreneur Richard Branson will hold a pro-aid concert over the border in Colombia