Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro called for the opening of the border with Colombia for 12 hours. The governor of the Venezuelan border state of Tachira said that both countries plan to hold a summit on the issue of reopening borders in the coming days. It was opened to allow thousands of countrymen to buy food and medicines. According to officials, around 35,000 people entered Colombia and returned home with ample of food supplies.

In August 2015, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro closed about 100 kilometers of the border between Ureña and San Antonio del Tachira after an ambush in which three Venezuelan soldiers and one civilian were injured.

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Venezuela is facing a major crisis - the Latin American country has the world's highest inflation rate at 180 percent. Maduro says that the collapse is a result of an "economic war" by capitalists. However, critics say it's the result of economic mismanagement.

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