An informal petrol seller --popularly kn

An informal petrol seller --popularly known as "pimpineros"-- awaits for customers near the border crossing between Colombia and Venezuela, in Cucuta, Colombia, on November 10, 2009. Relations between Colombia and Venezuela were frozen in July after Bogota announced its agreement to lease the use of seven military bases to the United States for counternarcotics operations. The 10-year deal was signed last month. Bilateral trade, which in 2008 exceeded seven billion dollars, has largely subsided since then, notably as tensions have risen along the 2,000-kilometer (1,240-mile) border region. AFP PHOTO/Eitan Abramovich (Photo credit should read EITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP via Getty Images)