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Cars cross the Tienditas International Bridge in San Antonio, Tachira state, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023.
COLOMBIA and Venezuela reopened a key bridge linking the countries that had been closed for almost seven years amid political tensions.
The opening follows improved relations between the two countries after the election of Gustavo Petro as the president of Colombia last year.
Delegations led by Colombian Trade Minister German Umana and the governor of Venezuela’s Tachira state, Freddy Bernal, met in the middle of the “Tienditas” bridge which links Tachira and Colombia’s Norte de Santander state for the opening ceremony.
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