Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro has continued to switch from conciliatory language to actions that exacerbate the tensions with Colombia that have been rising since he first closed a stretch of border with Colombia on 19 August and started deporting illegal Colombian immigrants, triggering a wave of voluntary repatriations. On 7 September Maduro welcomed the acceptance by his Colombian peer Juan Manuel Santos of a mediation offer by Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez; the following day he closed another stretch of the border.End of preview - This article contains approximately 1169 words.
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