Nearly half of Colombians fear Venezuela war over border crisis: poll

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Source: Reuters


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Forty-three percent of people in a Cifras y Conceptos poll published by Caracol Radio and Red + Noticias said they fear the crisis could lead to military conflict between the two countries. Twenty percent said they were afraid more Colombians would be expelled from Venezuela.

The South American neighbors could break diplomatic relations, 19 percent said, while 13 percent believe Venezuelans could leave their country for Colombia. The countries share a long and porous border plagued by drug trafficking, paramilitaries, left-wing guerrillas and smugglers.

Socialist Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has blamed many of recession-hit Venezuela's problems on Colombians. Maduro closed major checkpoints and deported 1,400 Colombians in August in what he said was a crackdown on smuggling and crime. As many as 18,000 Colombians have since left Venezuela.

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Colombia formally protested to the Venezuelan government after two military airplanes were detected in Colombian airspace on Saturday without permission. Another aircraft entered on Sunday, the government has said.



Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/15/us-venezuela-colombia-survey-idUSKCN0RF22Q20150915

[EX500rider]

1. Venezuela better hope not...

.....their troops have little to no combat experience while the Colombian troops have tons. I suspect they would shred the Venezuelans in a conflict.