Problems seen in Venezuela-Colombia border closure

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Venezuelan's decision to close its border with Colombia at night to fight contraband is drawing complaints from both sides of the frontier.

On Monday night, Venezuela began shutting down the 1,500-mile border from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. to crack down on the smuggling of heavily subsidized gasoline and food. Venezuela has the world's cheapest gas and the government maintains price controls on many food items, providing an incentive for smugglers to sell them abroad.

The 30-day trial closure sparked a grumbling from locals, thousands of whom cross the border for work.

In the Venezuelan border town of Urena, Chamber of Commerce president Isidoro Teres said 24-hour factories that make glass, plastic and other products may no longer be able to operate at night.

http://news.yahoo.com/problems-seen-venezuela-colombia-border-closure-175114818.html

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1. 17,000 Venezuelan troops on the border. 17,000 n/t

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2. OMG! They're preparing to invade Colombia!

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3. Colombia isn't happy about the closure which was a unilateral action by maduro

http://www.laverdad.com/economia/58186-colombia-esta-inconforme-por-cierre-fronterizo-con-venezuela.html

Spanish article. It wasn't part of the agreement they reached recently on contraband control.