Venezuela's Maduro to throw concert rivaling Richard Branson

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Nicolas Maduro's government barely missed a beat Monday in announcing plans for its own huge concert to rival one being organized by a billionaire backer of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido.

Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez said the government will throw a concert Saturday and Sunday on Venezuela's side of the border — opposite one in Colombia being spearheaded by Richard Branson, a British adventurer and founder of the Virgin Group.

Rodriguez did not announce the artists who are expected to perform, saying only that the concert would be massive.