Border Crisis: Venezuela and Colombia Leaders to Meet on Border Crisis Monday

The leaders of Venezuela and Colombia finally to set a date for a bilateral meeting on their nation's border crisis, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa announced. Nicolás Maduro and Juan Manuel Santo will meet in Quito, Ecuador's capital, under the auspices of Correa, El Heraldo reported. Both said for days they were willing to discuss the situation in person, but representatives had long failed to agree on the details of the proposed encounter. Also present at next week's meeting will be Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez, who was invited to help mediate in the conflict that has led to the shutdown of key border checkpoints between Venezuela and Colombia, as well as to the expulsion of thousands of undocumented Colombian immigrants whose families had lived in the neighboring country for years. More…