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- Brazil said it was sending armed forces to keep order near the Venezuelan border area.
- President Michel Temer said the move was aimed at keeping order and ensuring the safety of immigrants.
- The exodus of Venezuelans to other South American countries is building toward a “crisis moment.”
LIMA (Reuters) – Brazil said it was sending armed forces to keep order near the Venezuelan border area, while Peru declared a health emergency, as a regional crisis sparked by thousands of Venezuelans fleeing economic collapse escalated on Tuesday.
In Brazil, where residents rioted and attacked Venezuelan immigrants in a border town earlier this month, President Michel Temer signed a decree to deploy the armed forces to the border state of Roraima. He said the move was aimed at keeping order and ensuring the safety of immigrants.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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