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Added on the 17/02/2019 18:36:40 - Copyright : AFPTV - First 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
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits the Simon Bolivar border bridge between Colombia and Venezuela with Colombian President Ivan Duque, as part as a visit to the border to inspect aid programs supporting Venezuelan refugees. IMAGES
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
The Venezuelan government removes a container blocking the Francisco de Paula Santander International Bridge separating Colombia and Venezuela after President Nicolas Maduro reopens land borders with the neighboring country. IMAGES
Dozens of Venezuelan migrants are stuck at a makeshift camp on the border city of Cucuta, Colombia, as they wait to cross into their home country. IMAGES