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Bacchus4.0

(6,837 posts)
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 01:13 PM Feb 2019

Venezuela-Brazil border violence: Reports of at least 25 killed

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/venezuela-brazil-border-violence-reports-25-killed-190225104507514.html

The number of people who have been killed in violent confrontations along Venezuela's border with Brazil is reportedly higher than previously thought.

At least 25 people are now thought to have died in the town of Santa Elena, as Venezuelan forces tried to prevent opposition supporters from bringing foreign aid into the country.

Al Jazeera's Mohammed Jamjoom reports from Pacaraima in Brazil, on the border with Venezuela.
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Venezuela-Brazil border violence: Reports of at least 25 killed (Original Post) Bacchus4.0 Feb 2019 OP
Its a good thing that Maduro insists there isn't a humanitarian crisis. GatoGordo Feb 2019 #1
 

GatoGordo

(2,412 posts)
1. Its a good thing that Maduro insists there isn't a humanitarian crisis.
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 02:15 PM
Feb 2019

25 people dying by bullets instead of hunger and disease. Another win for Chavismo.

From what I hear from friends and relatives on the ground, the vast majority of the violence away from the borders is coming at the hands of the colectivos, Chavismo's version of Hitler's Brown Shirts.




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