Last week, that country proposed to its Latin American neighbor to reopen its borders over both water and air from April 3. Venezuela responded positively to the Curaçao proposal on Twitter.
On February 19, 2019, Venezuela closed its borders with Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire, shortly after the Netherlands decided to no longer recognize the government of President Nicolás Maduro. During a press conference in Willemstad in October last year, Minister Wopke Hoekstra of Foreign Affairs emphasized that there was room for technical consultations about a gradual reopening, but that several hurdles still had to be overcome.
At the end of January, representatives of Venezuela, Curaçao, Aruba and the Netherlands met for the third time to discuss this. According to Curaçao, and also Aruba, the time is now ripe for reopening. The government of Aruba says it is especially looking forward to the arrival by ship of cheaper vegetables, fruit and building materials from the neighboring country.