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The border reopening for ground transportation in Norte de Santander helped increase total trade value to $143.8 million USD in a nine-month period.

 "We are here today because the real dilemma is the continuation of tyranny or the overwhelming triumph of democracy," said Iván Duque.

The massive concert is the most high-profile development yet in a high-stakes border stalemate over humanitarian aid that has already led to the death of two people in Brazil.

The funds will be used to "help those Venezuelans who have fled to neighboring countries in recent months due to an increasingly acute food shortage."

Duque joined leaders from the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and other nations in formally breaking ties with Maduro in favor of opposition-led National Assembly head Juan Guaidó.