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Venezuelans gather in the street in Urena, near the border with Colombia, where earlier in the day President Nicolas Maduro's security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets on a crowd awaiting the distribution of humanitarian aid, as tensions spiked ahead of an opposition deadline to bring in food and medical aid. IMAGES
Thousands of people gather for an aid concert on the Venezuelan-Colombian border in defiance of a blockade by the government of President Nicolas Maduro. IMAGES
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid shipments for Venezuela arrive at the Colombia-Venezuela border, as EU and Latin American ministers meet in Montevideo to negotiate a solution to the country's crisis. IMAGES of trucks arriving
Images of the Atanasio Girardot International Bridge closed and guarded by police on the border between Colombia and Venezuela, days before the presidential elections. Caracas ordered the armed forces to close the border between Friday 26 July and Monday 29 July to "guarantee the inviolability of the border and prevent the activities of persons who could pose a threat to security" as Venezuelans are expected to vote in presidential elections on July 28. IMAGES
Colombia President Gustavo Petro attends a ceremony on the Simon Bolivar International Bridge to mark the reopening of the border with Venezuela for goods vehicles. This reopening is the first step towards the complete re-establishment of commercial relationships between the two countries, which were worth around $7.2 billion in 2008. IMAGES
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