Not a small one, boz. Here’s Venezuela’s bilateral trade with Colombia since 1998. Guess who has most to lose?
And while we’re on the subject….
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And you wouldn’t believe how much of that figure is textiles. Funny how the two regional countries with the strongest anti-Chávez rhetoric are so quick to queue up and do business with Venezuela, innit? It’s the economy, stupid.