As Millions Flee Venezuela, Latin American Meet To Coordinate Their Response To This Crisis

People wait in line overnight to apply for passports at the Administrative Service of Identification, Migration, and Foreigners in Caracas. Photographer: Manaure Quintero/Bloomberg

Bloomberg: Latin America in Fresh Crisis Talks as Millions Flee Venezuela

Latin American governments will meet Wednesday to coordinate their response to region’s largest-ever migration crisis as Venezuela’s economic collapse causes millions to flee.

Regional governments including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, met in Quito in September, where they pledged to help arrivals get permanent residence.

Speaking in Bogota on Tuesday, Colombia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Carlos Trujillo reiterated his government’s opposition to military intervention to overthrow the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. About 1 million Venezuelans are living in Colombia, according to a report last month by Human Rights Watch.

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WNU Editor: With the exception of Venezuela and Bolivia, every major government in South America is now in sync with the Trump administration's view that Venezuela is the region's number one crisis.

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