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Venezuela crisis, people fleeing to Colombia increase Format More than 5,000 migrants fled Venezuela after the clashes on the border with Colombia, and now are in overcrowded informal settlements. INTERSOS distributed the first 80 kits with tents and blankets For weeks, thousands of people have been crammed on the border between Venezuela and Colombia: women, men and children who fled the armed clashes that took place in the city of La Victoria, located in Venezuelan territory, between the military forces of the FANB (Bolivarian National Air Force) and the Colombian dissident armed groups of ...

Regina Garcia Cano FILE - In this March 26, 2021 file photo, Venezuelans disembark a boat on the Arauca River, the natural border between Venezuela and Colombia, as they flee to Arauquita, Colombia, and seek shelter following clashes between Venezuela's military and a Colombian armed group. According to the international monitoring group, Human Rights Watch, on Monday, April 26, 2021, Venezuelan security forces operating against Colombian rebels along the border have executed peasants, tortured and arbitrarily arrested people, and prosecuted civilians in military courts, prompting...

Help Save People's World The economic crisis has hit People's World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. Venezuela border conflict mixes drug trafficking and regime-change ambitions April 16, 2021 10:25 AM CDT By W. T. Whitney Jr. Colombian navy soldiers watch as Venezuelan migrants cross near the Arauca River, the natural border with Venezuela, in Arauquita, Colombia, March 26, 2021. | Fernando Vergara / AP Since mid-March, Venezuelan army units have been attacking and expelli...

Colombian church groups help Venezuelan refugees Refugees accuse the Venezuelan army of arresting people without warrants and looting homes Trending Venezuela's Defense Minister Padrino Lopez gives a broadcast message at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas on April 5. (Photo: Venezuelan Presidency/AFP) Church groups in Colombia are mobilizing to support thousands of Venezuelan refugees who recently fled a military offensive and are stuck in a remote Colombian border town. More than 5,000 people are currently sleeping in shelters in Arauquita as fighting between the Venezuelan army and...

Deadly Venezuelan military operation sends thousands of refugees to Colombia Cody Weddle, Colombia/Venezuela Correspondent Published:  Updated:  Tags:  ARAUQUITA, Colombia – For days, the explosions and shootings were loud enough that people on both sides of the Venezuela-Colombia border could hear them. The violence was part of a Venezuelan military operation that started about two weeks ago. The military operation prompted thousands of refugees — including children and dozens of pregnant women — to cross the Arauca River, which rises in the Andes Mountains of Colombia and ends at ...