The Venezuelan government has ordered the closure of its border with Colombia and restricted airspace for 72 hours, citing an alleged "international conspiracy" to destabilize the country as Nicolás Maduro claims a contested third term in office and opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia has vowed to assume the presidency as well, claiming he, not Maduro, won the presidential elections back on July 28.
The announcement comes a day after opposition leader María Corina Machado reappeared in public after months in hiding, was apprehended and later released amid intense protests in the capital of Caracas and the rest of the country.
