Venezuela seals border with Brazil
Xinhua | Updated: 2019-02-22 05:29
CARACAS - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday ordered the closing of the country's southern border with Brazil.
The measure is to take effect at 8 pm Thursday local time (24:00 GMT) and remain in effect until further notice.
The move comes amid what he called "provocation" from Brazil's right-wing government.
Venezuela is also monitoring the situation along its border with Colombia, he added.
"I don't want to have to make these types of decisions, but I am evaluating it -- the total closure of the border with Colombia," said Maduro.
Both Colombia and Brazil have aligned themselves with Venezuela's right-wing opposition and its campaign to oust Maduro and the ruling socialist PSUV party from power.
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