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A Venezuelan governor assures that Maduro has ordered the non permanent closure of the border with Colombia

The governor of the Venezuelan State of Táchira, Freddy Bernal, has introduced the closure of the border with Colombia till subsequent Monday “on instructions from Nicolás Maduro” and within the face of an alleged “international conspiracy to disturb the peace” in Venezuela. “Especially this border area,” Bernal detailed, with out mentioning by identify the opponent Edmundo González, who guarantees to return to Venezuela for his personal inauguration. The Simón Bolívar bridge, the principle border crossing between the Colombian metropolis of Cúcuta and the Venezuelan San Antonio del Táchira, wakened with containers crossed to stop passage.

The closure will probably be in drive from 5 within the morning this Friday till 5 within the morning on Monday, the Chavista chief has detailed. “Rest assured that we have absolute control of the State and we will guarantee under any circumstances the tranquility and peace of all the people of Tachira,” he acknowledged. The governor has appealed for the “understanding” of people that could also be affected, significantly those that cross the border each day.

The Colombian Government had already warned in a current assertion that it noticed “possible” a closure of the frequent border in view of the presidential investiture organized by Maduro in Caracas this Friday and in view of the anticipation that the opposition Edmundo González may attempt to enter Venezuela.

Migration Colombia, which displays the motion of individuals between the 2 international locations that share a porous border of greater than 2,000 kilometers, had already anticipated this chance the day earlier than. Colombia is by far the principle host nation for the Venezuelan diaspora, with nearly three million residents of the neighboring nation in its territory.

Many observers concern a brand new wave if Maduro takes workplace, regardless that all out there proof exhibits that he misplaced the election by a large margin to Edmundo González, in exile since September.