Colombia’s Gustavo Petro and Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro are expected to meet on Monday, September 26 to formalize the reopening of the international border.
The alleged death of ex-FARC’s Iván Márquez has raised the war of words between Venezuela’s Maduro and his archenemy Iván Duque.
Colombia and Venezuela reopened overland borders at Cúcuta and San Antonio after the two bridges were barricaded with the 2019 humanitarian aid convoy fiasco.
Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro reached across the political divide to offer Colombia’s Iván Duque two PCR testing machines as cases of coronavirus in the country reach 906.
Venezuelan protestors at the border crossing in Villa Rosario are battling Maduro’s security forces and paramilitaries known as Colectivos after humanitarian aid was destroyed.
After the Venezuelan army fired at volunteers attempting to deliver humanitarian aid, the Lima Group nations are expected to pledge support for a return to democracy.
As humanitarian aid stockpiles along the Venezuelan border, the flow of migrants continues with new figures released by Migración Colombia.
A democratic future for Venezuela appears imminent, but how will the end game play out?
As migrants flee abject poverty and crime across the region, Venezuela’s Maduro can use Trump’s anti-Latino rhetoric to give the left in Latin America a voice with the electorate.
As Venezuelans continue to express their discontent with President Nicolás Maduro, the country’s political future appears uncertain.