Venezuela Extends Border Crackdown, Invites Syrian Refugees

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro intensified his campaign to stop the flow of goods and people across the border with Colombia while simultaneously inviting 20,000 Syrian refugees to take refuge in his country.

Maduro extended a state of emergency declared last month to stop the flight of scarce subsidized foodstuffs across the border in the country’s most populated state, Zulia. He said 3,000 additional troops will be deployed to border towns.