Francisco de Paula Santander Bridge
Coordinates: 7 ° 54'59 " N , 72 ° 27'46" W.
| Francisco de Paula Santander Bridge | ||
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| Convicted | Tachira | |
| place | Cúcuta / Ureña | |
| construction | Girder bridge | |
| overall length | 210 meters | |
| width | 7.30 meters | |
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The Francisco de Paula Santander Bridge ( Spanish Puente Internacional Francisco de Paula Santander ) is a road bridge located in the northeast of the Colombian city of Cúcuta . It crosses the Táchira River , which here forms the border with the neighboring state of Venezuela . On the opposite side is the city of Ureña, part of the state of Táchira .
The 210 meter long and 7.30 meter wide girder bridge of reinforced concrete is named after General Francisco de Paula Santander , vice president of Greater Colombia and President of the Republic of New Granada . To relieve them, the Tienditas Bridge was completed about five kilometers south in 2016, but has not yet been put into operation as of February 2019 due to the already disturbed relationship between the two neighboring states.
Medial aid goods border conflict 2019
In the wake of the Venezuelan state crisis , an incident occurred on the bridge on February 23, 2019, one day after the Venezuela Aid Live concert. Four trucks, mostly loaded with US relief supplies, accompanied by around 300 people, drove up to the bridge, which was only open to pedestrian traffic. They were stopped by the Venezuelan National Guard, with tear gas and rubber bullets being used, and stones and Molotov cocktails being thrown from Colombia. Three of the four trucks caught fire. The Colombian government then ordered the convoy to withdraw. Many media outlets immediately claimed that Venezuelan government troops had set the trucks on fire. This was later questioned by the New York Times. Meanwhile, faktenfinder.tagesschau.de - after assessing the image material and the testimony - at least “have doubts”. The transports were organized by the self-appointed interim president Juan Guaidó with the support of the US agency for international development . The Venezuelan Cabinet of Ministers categorically rejected such aid supplies, believing they were the preliminary stage to a military intervention from abroad aimed at regime change.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ How a bridge between Colombia and Venezuela became part of a propaganda fight. CBC , February 15, 2019, accessed February 24, 2019
- ↑ Aid supplies for Venezuela Who set the trucks on fire? , faktenfinder.tagesschau.de of March 22, 2019, accessed on March 23, 2019
- ↑ Klaus Ehringfeld: "We have flags and they have guns". Spiegel Online , February 23, 2019, accessed the day after.
- ↑ USA sees "time to act" has come. ORF , February 24, 2019, accessed on the same day.
- ↑ Maduro stopped aid supplies by force on the borders of Venezuela. Der Standard , February 24, 2019, accessed on the same day.
- ↑ Several dead in Maduro's blockade against aid supplies. Spiegel Online, February 24, 2019, accessed on the same day.