Thursday, November 8, 2018

Colombia protests new border crossing by Venezuelan troops


Colombia said on Wednesday it had sent a letter of protest to Caracas after Venezuelan soldiers entered its territory last week, the latest in a series of unauthorized crossings. Unapproved entrances to Colombia by the Venezuelan military along the two countries’ porous border occur regularly. Colombia’s right-wing President Ivan Duque frequently spars with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, whom Duque calls a dictator. Armed members of the Venezuelan National Guard entered the Pica del Dos area of Tibu municipality on Nov. 1, the foreign ministry said in a statement, without elaborating. More…

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