Supporters rally to back Venezuela government’s crackdown on migrants

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6. Strange item from the link:

Venezuela president’s deportation policy draws Trump comparisons

ALEXANDRA ULMER - Aug. 25, 2015

CARACAS — Reuters

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is used to being attacked by critics as a communist dictator, but one label the Latin American socialist was not expecting was to be compared to U.S. tycoon and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Venezuela’s recent move to close border crossings and deport hundreds of Colombians has reminded Mr. Maduro’s opponents of Mr. Trump’s proposal to deport undocumented immigrants en masse and make Mexico pay for a wall separating it from the United States.

“Maduro criticizes Donald Trump, but his acts against Colombian immigration are worse than the magnate’s words,” said Saverio Vivas, an opposition politician.

Mr. Maduro shut crossings on the border last week after a shootout between smugglers and troops left three soldiers wounded. Since then, Colombia has accused Venezuela of stepping up deportations and at times separating children from their parents, which has also drawn criticism from human-rights groups...

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/venezuela-presidents-deportation-policy-draws-trump-comparisons/article26104982/

The world seems to be 'circling the wagon' with their borders. I wonder how long this old strategy will work in the face of global climate change.