Venezuela Extends Border Crackdown to 3rd State

President Nicolas Maduro has closed another bridge connecting Venezuela with Colombia as he extends a month-long crackdown on smuggling along the border that has fueled tensions between the two neighbors. Maduro late Tuesday night said that a state of emergency had been broadened to encompass 10 more municipalities on Venezuela*s western edge, including a few in the state of Apure, the third district to face such restrictions. While Maduro didn't specifically say he was closing any...

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