Colombia’s Constitutional Court agreed to revise the legality of a deal between Bogota and Caracas that seeks to stimulate the legal economy on the border with Venezuela.
An anonymous plaintiff challenged the agreement to create a “special binational economic zone” in the Norte de Santander province and the Venezuelan states of Tachira and Zulia.
According to the plaintiff, the memorandum of understanding between the administrations of Gustavo Petro and Nicolas Maduro has the characteristics of a bilateral agreement.
Unlike a memorandum of understanding, a legally binding bilateral agreement can only take force after the approval of the Congress and the Constitutional Court.
The plaintiff asked the court to suspend programs that may be derived from the deal with Venezuela while verifying its legality.
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