The Venezuelan government has decided to reopen the country's land border with Brazil, as well as aviation and sea traffic with Aruba, a Dutch island in the Caribbean, but keep borders with Colombia closed, the country's Vice President Tareck El Aissami said on Friday
BUENOS AIRES (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 10th May, 2019) The Venezuelan government has decided to reopen the country's land border with Brazil, as well as aviation and sea traffic with Aruba, a Dutch island in the Caribbean, but keep borders with Colombia closed, the country's Vice President Tareck El Aissami said on Friday."President [Nicholas] Maduro has informed the international community about the opening of the land border with Brazil starting today. We will establish border control that will strengthen economic cooperation and benefit the two peoples," he said.
The borders with the aforementioned countries and territories were closed in February as Venezuelan opposition tried to force US-sponsored aid into Venezuela through borders with Colombia and Brazil back in February, provoking clashes between Venezuelan military and pro-aid protesters.
Venezuelan authorities ban the entry of unauthorized aid, believing that Washington wants to use it to arm opposition and oust the Maduro government from power.
