Portal:Current events/2019 February 23
February 23, 2019 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis, 2019 shipping of humanitarian aid to Venezuela, 2019 Venezuelan protests
- Trucks carrying humanitarian aid from Colombia and Brazil attempt to enter Venezuelan territory. Two trucks are set on fire on the Francisco de Paula Santander International Bridge. (Herald Sun)
- Venezuelan people clash with the Venezuelan National Guard on the Venezuela's border with Colombia and Brazil. Three people have died in southern Bolívar State. (The Guardian)
- Sixty Venezuelan National Guard personnel defect to Colombia; three of them defect after smashing a barrier at the Simón Bolívar International Bridge on the Colombia–Venezuela border in two armored vehicles, leaving some injured. A video posted on social media shows the men with their guns above their heads in a sign of surrender. (Miami Herald) (AFP) (Reuters)
- Venezuela breaks diplomatic relations with Colombia and expels all of Colombia's diplomats; however, Colombia maintains diplomatic relations with Guaidó's ambassador, Humberto Calderón Berti. (Reuters) (Colombian Foreign Minister) (Colombia's Caracol TV)
- Venezuelan opposition deputy Freddy Superlano and his assistant are poisoned at a restaurant in Cúcuta, Colombia. His assistant and cousin, Carlos Salinas, has died while Superlano is in a serious but stable condition in hospital. (Washington Post) (BNO News)
Disasters and accidents
- Atlas Air Flight 3591
- A Boeing 767 on a cargo flight crashes into the Trinity Bay en route from Miami to Houston, killing all three crew members. (The Weather Channel)
International relations
- 2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit
- The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry announces that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will make an official visit to the country in the coming days, ahead of the upcoming summit between him and U.S. President Donald Trump in Hanoi. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
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