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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 20 July 2018
VENEZUELA: Maduro launches mission impossible
President Nicolás Maduro has announced the creation of a new ‘mission’ to guarantee citizen security in Venezuela. Ordinary Venezuelans suffering from the parlous state of public security in the country are unlikely to attach any great expectation to the government’s latest offering. There has been no shortage of missions in the past with similarly ambitious intent. The Lima Group of regional nations did ascribe significance, however, to related reports of a military build-up on the border with Colombia, criticising the development in a strongly worded eight-point statement.
