US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ended his tour of South America on Sunday with a brief visit to the Colombian border city of Cucuta, crossed through by thousands of Venezuelans fleeing crisis under President Nicolas Maduro.
After attending a Sunday service in the Peruvian capital Lima, the chief US diplomat set off for the final leg of his tour of South America, which began Friday in Chile.
In Cucuta, where he met with refugees alongside Colombian President Ivan Duque, Pompeo called upon Maduro to open the border to allow humanitarian aid to enter -- and step down.
"Open these bridges, open these borders, you can end this today," he said.
"I hope that you will care enough when you see the horror, when you see the tragedy, to change your ways and to leave your country."
He added that Peru had shown "enormous leadership in responding to this challenge."
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