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There. in a message guaido says he is on his way back to venezuela telling supporters, quote, we are stronger than ever. cnn's patrick opman is live in caracas. returning to the country in defiance of sitting president nicolas maduro, what do you expect to happen? >> reporter: people are waiting here any moment for juan guaido to arrive. we don't know yet if he is in the country. i talked to representatives here and they said he will be here as soon as possible and it will have a galvinizing effect. about an hour ago there were not many people. you are starting to see as far as you can see peo...

Maduro. >> is there a little fear, no. we're all threatened, all of us who are here, you all saw it. of killing us. and i say something. it hasn't been persecution. not going to be -- we are going to be stuck. we are here, more b unit ed, moe strong than ever. more stronger than ever. >> cnn's patrick op man is with us. what more can you tell us? >> people here are comparing this to a hollywood thriller because it couldn't have been scripted any better. many people are wondering if he was going to be nsmuggleded bag into the country. from a plane he's been visiting would be lent him back. but ...

Patrick opman is in kai ra kus where he swrjust spoke. >> he greeted the crowd and called it a small victory. it played out like a hollywood thriller. we have been wondering how he would re-enter the country. the fwovt said he might be arrested and people speculated perhaps he would come across the border or be smuggled in or one of these countries might lend him a military aircraft, but at the end of the day, he came through the front door, was greeted by a number of ambassadors who escorted him out of the airport to the area where i was and as soon as he got to this plaza, the crowd just wen...

Police had stopped them on the bridge, they're continuing that journey through the river behind me. >> the president threatened to cut millions in aid. if the caravan reaches the u.s., here's what he said -- >> they do nothing for us. i called them, i said nicely, you're not going to get any money if you let this happen. all of a sudden they're trying to close it up tightly. they're trying. >> patrick, what's at stake here? >> reporter: at stake is a lot. the president is talking about closing down the southern border with the us and mexico which would have a major impact on both countries' ec...

>> cnn's patrick opman live at the border. what are you seeing there now? >> reporter: desperation has driven people to the bridge to come to the river where i am and cross by going on a boat, paying some of the ferrymen who run the boats across the stretch. water which is small but treacherous, hanging on to boats, our swimming. people have tried walking across the river. people are having trouble because they're carrying children or their belongings. it's perilous. people at wit's end. -been going for a week to -- they've been going for a week to two weeks to try to get to mexico. from here ...