On 27 August President Maduro stated that he would not reopen the border until such time as Colombia banned the sale of goods smuggled in from Venezuela and took steps to prevent the currency exchange houses in Cúcuta from ‘attacking’ Venezuela’s currency. That same day President Juan Manuel Santos announced that he was recalling the Colombian ambassador to Venezuela ‘for consultations’.

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