Venezuela reopens border crossing with Colombia Venezuela reopened Tuesday a border crossing with Colombia that it had closed as part of a messy crackdown on what it called currency hoarders. A pedestrian crossing over the Simon Bolivar Bridge -- joining the cities of San Antonio in Venezuela and Cucuta, Colombia -- reopened after a telephone conversation between the countries' presidents Monday night, according to Venezuelan information minister Ernesto Villegas. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES