This Monday the longest and liveliest border between the two countries is officially reopened, with great expectations but also challenges and questions.
The future of 2.5 million Venezuelans in Colombia and a very similar number of Colombians in Venezuela;
reactivates bilateral trade;
or defining the role of the Venezuelan government in the Colombian government's peace policy are several of the key issues, as journalist Diana Calderón analyzes in this video.
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