Brazil Sends Military To Border To Cope With Flood Of Fleeing Venezuelans
The exodus of Venezuelans, trying to escape food and medicine shortages, has been called "one of Latin America's largest mass-population movements in history."
Brazilian President Michel Temer signed a decree Tuesday to send troops to the country's northern state of Roraima, where Venezuelans fleeing food shortages have streamed across the border.
The armed forces will have police powers on the borders and highways in Roraima,
