Venezuelans Cross Into Colombia to Buy Supplies
Venezuelans Cross Into Colombia to Buy Supplies
"[The reopening of the Colombia-Venezuela border] is an effort by the Maduro government to relieve the pressure building up massively in Venezuela,” underlines AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth.
Thousands of Venezuelans have been crossing into Colombia to buy food and medicine after the opening of five pedestrian border crossings.
Venezuela and Colombia opened several "provisional" border crossing points on Saturday for pedestrians for the first time in nearly a year as part of a progressive reopening agreed on this week.
As of 6am local time, the authorities opened a total of five crossing points in the Venezuelan towns of Tachira, Apure, Zulia and Amazonas….
…Thursday's agreement also called for an exchange of customs information to help stem fuel smuggling.
Venezuela's government hopes that the border opening is going to improve the living conditions of Venezuelans.
"This is an effort by the Maduro government to relieve the pressure building up massively in Venezuela, Eric Farnsworth, vice president at the Council of the Americas, told Al Jazeera….
