Colombian President Ivan Duque Marquez said the substantial number of Venezuelans fleeing their country has generated “fiscal stress” and other challenges for Colombia, but “we are facing them because we see this as a humanitarian situation.”

Duque, who spoke with the Washington Examiner following an appearance before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Colombia is promoting a “diplomatic blockade against a dictatorship.”

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