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English only people are likely missing what is happening at the #Colombia-#Venezuela border. It was closed on Feb 23 to avoid US aggression and false flags. Since then food prices dropped making Venezuelans very happy. But Cúcuta (Colombia) lives from smuggling and is now dying
This is quite impressive, because in only 8 days Venezuela has slowed down the inflation. As @rmenendezp and @pasquicurcio have always said, extraction of currency and subsidised products to Colombia is one of the keys of the economic war from the US.
This can sound like a paradox, because we’re being told by western media that #Venezuela is in crisis and we never hear that Cúcuta is in one of the poorest regions of Colombia. It only survives thanks to the black market from smuggling almost free gasoline from Venezuela
Cúcuta is also at the centre of an area controlled by paramilitaries, that have always been “tacitly” supported by the Colombian government. And it is where multiple sources say terrorists are trained (assassination attempt against Maduro on 4/8/18 was organised there)
So now that the border is closed, the already catastrophic humanitarian situation of #Cúcuta and the region is getting worse and it’s unlikely #Venezuela will reopen it anytime soon. The mayor of Cúcuta called president Duque to help free them from the black market dependency
Many are calling the US and the Colombian government to use the “humanitarian aid” for the people of Cúcuta who desperately need it, as they need work, healthcare and education that they don’t have. The humanitarian crisis is now on the Colombian side, where it has always been
