Venezuelan border returns to 'absolute calm' after intense day

Venezuela's border with Colombia was calm on Sunday, after an intense day over the attempted delivery of unauthorized foreign aid, a top official said.

Reviewing the Venezuelan border by aircraft flying over Tachira state, Diosdado Cabello, vice-president of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela, reported "absolute calm, peace and tranquillity".

He also expressed confidence that the Venezuelan and international opposition "enter into rationality and understand that the only way our people want is the path of peace".