August 8, 2024

President Duque: ‘We’re not a rich nation, but we tried to do something humanitarian’ for migrants

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Colombian President Iván Duque, who met with USA TODAY’s Editorial Board on Thursday, doesn’t have to imagine. It’s his reality in a country that is both much poorer and much less populous than ours. In the past five years, 1.8 million Venezuelans have crossed the border into Colombia, fleeing the incompetent and murderous dictator there. To put that in perspective, that’s the equivalent of 11 million Mexicans entering the United States in just five years — more than 2 million a year. By David Mastio. Full Text-> USAToday

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