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Montevideo, November 25th 2024 - 00:30 UTC

Tag: Pacaraima Brazil

  • Monday, August 20th 2018 - 07:08 UTC

    Brazil sending troops to Venezuela border following clashes between locals and refugees

    The deployment was announced after dozens of Brazilians in Pacaraima attacked makeshift immigrant camps a local merchant was stabbed, beaten and robbed

    Brazil is sending additional troops to its northern frontier after residents of one of its border towns attacked Venezuelan immigrants, forcing hundreds of them to flee back into their country. Brazil's Ministry of Public Security said over the weekend it would send an additional 60 soldiers to Roraima on Monday, reinforcing a contingent already operating in the northern state.