Venezuelans vote in primary elections in three Colombian cities
According to a speaker of opposition umbrella group Unified Democratic Panel (MUD), about 40,000 Venezuelans are residing in Colombia
Dozens of Venezuelans out of the 2,500 voters enrolled to participate in opposition primary elections in Colombia are voting in three polling stations in Bogotá, the Colombian capital, as well as in Medellín and Cúcuta, Alberto Silva, a spokesman for the opposition Unified Democratic Panel (MUD), told Efe.
"People have been coming to vote as expected, at least in Bogotá... I have been informed that there is a similar situation (a high turnout) in Cúcuta (northeastern Colombia, on the border with Venezuela) and in Medellín (northwestern Colombia)," Silva said, as reported by Efe.
"There are 1,016 Venezuelans enrolled to vote in Bogotá, 1,300 voters in Cúcuta and about 200 people in Medellín," Silva reported.
He added that some 40,000 Venezuelans live in Colombia.
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