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Judi Lynn

(160,584 posts) Thu Sep 17, 2015, 05:10 AM Sep 2015

Colombia, Venezuela leaders to meet Monday over border dispute

Colombia, Venezuela leaders to meet Monday over border dispute

Source: Reuters - Thu, 17 Sep 2015 00:20 GMT

CARACAS, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday that he will meet his Colombian counterpart, Juan Manuel Santos, next week in Ecuador to discuss a border dispute that has soured relations between the South American neighbors.

Maduro's socialist government has closed several major border crossings in recent weeks and deported more than 1,500 Colombians as part of what authorities have called a crackdown on contraband and crime.

More than 16,000 Colombians have fled Venezuela since the crackdown began, according to the United Nations. Many have said they were beaten before wading rivers and crossing bridges with their belongings on their backs, sparking an international outcry and condemnation from Bogota.

The center-right Santos and Maduro, who frequently accuses Colombian rightists of seeking to topple him, have not met since the border dispute began.

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I expect Santos to be the winner in this ordeal Marksman_91 Sep 2015 #1

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1. I expect Santos to be the winner in this ordeal

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Thu Sep 17, 2015, 01:25 PM

Sep 2015

Maduro is an uncultured swine who literally doesn't make any sense in terms of what he does and likes to make false accusations left and right. He has no sense of diplomacy whatsoever (as seen from the utter failure that was his recent trip to Asia) and has an utterly disrespectful attitude compared to other world leaders, especially in Lat Am (like I said, an uncultured swine.) A few weeks ago he accused Santos himself of approving a plot to assassinate him, and yet now he's willing to get all friendly talky with him? The guy's a pathological liar.

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