Friday, October 2, 2015

Venezuela postpones meeting with Colombia defense minister again


For the second time, Venezuela postponed a meeting of its defense minister and his Colombian counterpart about an ongoing border crisis between the neighboring countries. The meeting was originally supposed to take place on Tuesday in the northern Colombian city Santa Marta. It was postponed to Wednesday but again Venezuelan Minister of Foriegn Affairs, Delcy Rodriguez delayed the meeting, this time without suggesting another date and without giving an explanation. The purpose of the postponed meeting was to discuss the border closures between the two neighboring countries which have been causing a humanitarian crisis on the Colombian side since Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro originally closed the border on August 19. More…

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