Venezuela reopens Colombia border ahead of schedule

‘Venezuela has started to reopen its border with Colombia, days ahead of schedule as people on both sides of the frontier continued to defy the closure.
Venezuelan Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said on Tuesday that the border posts along the 2,200-kilometer frontier with Colombia would gradually reopen “with strict vigilance and security.”
Villegas said the reopening was decided after President Nicolas Maduro had a phone conversation with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos earlier in the day. Reports said normal crossing was possible from the morning.’
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