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Weekly Report - 22 October 2015 (WR-15-42)
VENEZUELA: Border emergency extended beyond elections
As expected, President Nicolás Maduro has extended the state of emergency in the western border state of Táchira for another 60 days, citing “the extraordinary circumstances affecting the social-economic order and social peace” in the area. A similar extension of the states of emergency in the rest of the Venezuela-Colombia border states is now more likely.
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