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BORDER TROUBLES * Venezuela / Colombia - "Technical closure" of the border
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San Antonio,Táchira,Venezuela -El Universal, by Suhelis Tejero Puntes. Translated by Gerardo Cárdenas -31 July 2009: -- The situation in the border between Colombia and Venezuela has been characterized in the last few days by excessive controls by the National Guard, bottlenecks at the customs, Venezuelan freight trucks retained in the city of Ureña, food shortages in the Venezuelan city of San Antonio and human rights violations... José Rozo, the President of the Venezuelan Federation of Trade and Industry Chambers (Fedecámaras) in the state of Táchira, said that although there have been no top government guidelines to close the border with Colombia, the situation in the region is far from normal...
There are long lines of people at the customs offices of San Antonio, Táchira state, and National Guard troops are enforcing strict controls that create bottlenecks at the border checkpoints... In the city of Ureña, which has one of the most active customs offices in the border, the Venezuelan cargo trucks have been retained and can not enter Colombia since National Guard officers watching the area prevent them from crossing the border... (Photo: AP - Colombians who work in Venezuela must cross the border on foot because public transport is not working)Labels: border troubles
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