Venezuela, Colombia finalize border reopening

By Agence France-Presse

Jan 02, 2023 11:49 am

UREÑA, Venezuela: Venezuela and Colombia reopened the last stretch of their shared border Sunday after settling a diplomatic dispute that had kept it closed for years.

Cars honked and passengers waved flags as vehicles with license plates from the two South American countries traversed the Atanasio Girardot bridge — previously blocked by shipping containers amid high tensions.

Vehicles cross the Atanasio Girardot International Bridge -formerly known as Tienditas bridge- from Urena, Venezuela, into in Cucuta, Colombia, after the two countries officially reopened their shared land border, on January 1, 2023. AFP PHOTO

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