Thursday, May 25, 2017

Growing unrest in Venezuela threatens uneasy peace with Colombia


This week, Caracas called the presence of Colombian tanks along the countries’ joint border a “provocation”. Colombia’s Defense Minister acknowledged the military presence in the Paraguachi region – but said those troops have been there since 2015, in a crime control capacity.   “We are not satisfied with the Colombian government’s response because we know that the activities and military actions and the military equipment that is present on the border with Venezuela is not combined with activities to fight against transnational crime and other types of crimes,” Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez said. More…

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