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Angela Benedetti, sister of Colombian Interior Minister Armando Benedetti, expressed her distrust of the agreement announced between the governments of Colombia and Venezuela saying that “it smells very ugly”
Maduro confirmed that there is already a signing of a memorandum of understanding to create the binational zone formed by the states of Táchira and Zulia, and the departments of Norte de Santander, César and La Guajira
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe rejected on Thursday the agreement signed a week ago between Colombia and Venezuela for the creation of a binational economic zone on the common border, which he described as a "delivery of the country to international crime." Gustavo Petro and Nicolás Maduro's governments signed last week in Caracas a memorandum of understanding to establish the first shared economic zone between the two countries, which …
Does Colombia’s "Binational Zone" with Venezuela Legitimize an Illegitimate Regime? | The City Paper Bogotá
On July 17, 2025, Colombia and Venezuela signed what they hailed as a “historic” memorandum to create a “binational zone of peace, unity, and development” across one of Latin America’s most volatile borders. But what the Petro government in Bogotá has framed as a diplomatic breakthrough, critics see as something else entirely: a geopolitical concession to a narco-authoritarian regime that is rapidly consolidating power, both at home and abroad. …
According to Maduro, the initiative seeks to promote cooperation in commercial, agro-industrial, environmental and social matters, as well as political union. Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, proposed the consolidation of an ambitious plan of economic and territorial integration with Colombia, which contemplates the progressive creation of three Binational Economic Zones. The initiative seeks to promote cooperation in commercial, agro-indu…
Former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez openly questioned the binational zone agreement signed between President Gustavo Petro and his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro. According to the leader of the Democratic Center, the next administration—the successor to the current president—must revoke this border agreement. “One of the first decisions of a new government, which we elect and which begins on August 7 of next year, must be to reverse this…
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