By Diego Ore
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela
has extended a partial border shutdown with Colombia and sent another
3,000 troops to the area in a crime crackdown that has sent thousands of
Colombians fleeing their adopted homeland and led to accusations of
rights abuses.
The dispute has also created a diplomatic blow-up between
President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government and the conservative
administration of Juan Manuel Santos in Colombia.
Critics say Maduro is creating a distraction and playing
the nationalist card before a December parliamentary election in which
polls show his ruling Socialist Party in trouble.
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Source: Euronews
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