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Pacaraima, Brazil Feeling Economic Effects of Border Closing

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Sixteen days after the closing of the border between Venezuela and by Venezuela’s leader, Nicolas Maduro, the economy of border town Pacaraima, in the state of Roraima, is already feeling the effects of the lack of consumers from the neighboring country.

For the past two years, the trade between Pacaraima merchants and Venezuelans coming across the border, especially those from Santa Elena de Uairén, 17 kilometers away, became a significant source of revenue for the city.

"The situation is critical. Out of nowhere, they cut everything. There is . . .

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