Colombia and Venezuela at odds again, this time about tanks on the border

Tensions between Venezuela and Colombia have risen again after Caracas called the presence of tanks on the countries’ joint border a “provocation.” Bogota responded the tanks have been there since 2015.mAccording to Venezuelan state news outlet TeleSUR, its government claimed that Bogota had sent the tanks to the border in the northern La Guajira peninsula on Sunday. “This is not the first seemingly aggressive action by the Colombians. Less than two months ago, on March 31, Colombia security officials were gathered near the Simon Bolivar International Bridge in Cucuta,” the Marxist state-run news outlet said early Monday. More…