On Thursday, the 12th of August, Presidents Nicolas Maduro and Juan Manuel Santos met, and agreed to allow the Venezuelan border with Colombia to be re-opened for 15 hours during this weekend.
The foreign ministers of both countries have discussed the possibility of issuing special IDs for Venezuelan and Colombian border citizens; this is just the first step in the plan of reopening the border completely, after almost a year being closed.
This past weekend, the borders between Venezuela and Colombia were opened after a one year closure. Thousands of Venezuelans crossed over to Colombia to buy food, medicine, and other basic goods that are scarce in Venezuela.
