The Venezuelan Constituent plans a strategy against border contraband

The ruling National Constituent Assembly (ANC) plans a proposal to counter contraband, inflation and insecurity affecting the border states, reported today the territorial constituent by the state Táchira, Wiliam Parada.

Caracas, Nov 10 (EFE) .- The ruling National Constituent Assembly (ANC) plans a proposal to counter contraband, inflation and insecurity affecting the states border, informed the territorial constituent by the state Táchira, Wiliam Parada.

According to the Venezuelan state agency AVN, the constituent said that the proposal intends involve the chambers of commerce of Venezuela and the neighboring country Colombia, with the intention of "counteracting contraband border since many businesses have closed because of this crime. "

" In Táchira (west) we will carry out an activity to create a Border Municipal Constituent where the six municipalities of the border will participate together with the candidates for the City Halls, "Parada quoted by AVN as saying.

One of the problems that plague the Venezuelan economy is the smuggling of gasoline across its borders, mainly because of its low cost. in the oil country.

Likewise, the Venezuelan government has assured that the currency notes of that country are also stolen to Colombia as part of a "war economic "that, says, direct the Colombian and American governments against him.

Last October 25, the executive vice president of the National Association of Businessmen of Colombia, Paola Buendía, stressed that the balance of contraband in Latin America annually ranges between 70,000 and 80,000 million dollars.

During the closing of the third meeting of the Alianza Latinoamericana Anticontrabando (Alac), which was held in Guatemala that day, Buendía explained that the most affected sectors are footwear, textiles, food, cigarettes, liquor and metal-mechanics.