"Definitive opening" on the border between Colombia and Venezuela

• Venezuela The Venezuelan opposition majority rejects Guaidó's proposal and ends with the presidency in charge

Even the wasps, taking refuge in a nest that they did not want to abandon, made it difficult for the "definitive opening" of the border between Colombia and Venezuela, as the government of Bogotá has called it.

The famous

, designed a decade ago to improve passenger and cargo transportation between the two countries, has finally been inaugurated today, renamed the

to confirm the complete clean slate.

The "historical moment" was staged with a picturesque ceremony, in which authorities from the two countries

, with bishops included and a huge portrait of the Liberator

.

On the Venezuelan side, it has accelerated in recent days to condition an infrastructure that was never finished despite the years that have elapsed.

Today it looks flawless.

"The integration of both countries is open for Latin America and the world

," highlighted the Venezuelan Bishop

.

At the binational border, people live with a mixture of enthusiasm and expectation, their people convinced that this will improve not only border mobility, but also the lives of all of them after seven years during which vehicles could not (legally) pass on one side. to another.

During this time, the Colombian municipalities of Villa del Rosario, Cúcuta and Los Patios and the Venezuelan municipalities of Ureña and San Antonio were the most affected by the various closures and conflicts.

Gone is almost a decade of disagreements

that escalated in 2015 with the violent expulsion of thousands of Colombians who lived in Venezuelan territory and who were accused by Nicolás Maduro of being "paramilitaries and prostitutes."

The government of then-President

was forced to close borders and diplomatic relations were strained until they finally broke apart in 2019, with Bogotá's recognition of the presidency in charge of

.

On the Tienditas Bridge, the Music for Venezuela: Help and Freedom concert was held in February of that year, organized by

in the midst of a wave of rejection against the Bolivarian dictatorship and international ignorance of Maduro.

The containers installed on the different bridges between Táchira (Venezuela) and Norte de Santander (Colombia) to prevent the passage of the humanitarian caravan of Guaidó's allies have remained until very recently, with their wasps inside and as symbols of the total rupture of relationships.

"We continue to take firm steps for the normalization of the border with sister Colombia.

," stressed Nicolás Maduro, who took advantage of his end-of-year message to mention the leftist victories on the continent and the regularization of relations not only with Colombia, but also with Brazil, Honduras, Mexico and Argentina.

"The continent turns again towards progressivism,

," said Maduro, who, despite not citing him, includes in his equation of power the disappearance of the presidency in charge of Juan Guaidó, his main headache. , eliminated by the new opposition majority.

"It is one more sign of mutual trust

," said Armando Benedetti, the controversial Petro ambassador in Caracas, who is living a political romance with the Maduro family never seen before.

Benedetti, close in his day to former President Álvaro Uribe, then to Santos, to now become a convinced Petrista very close to Chavismo, enthusiastically champions the new era between Bogotá and the Venezuelan dictatorship, which has led him to insult even shamelessly insult opposition leaders.

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