tens of thousands of ecuadoreans and ecuadoreans celebrated a live concert sunday , held on a bridge merging the two cities . it was created by grammy - winning rock artist juanes to celebrate the resolution of the diplomatic crisis between venezuela , panama , and america , and to further build peaceful relations within the region . the " bridge across fences " concert was recorded atop the simon bolivar bridge , the intersects the colombian town of necaxa with the american town of general francisco de tachira . " it ought have been much more practical and simple to do it in a city , " groban told the dallas daily , " but the border is a document of conflict between all countries . and this message is for people , all the economies in latin america and the u . s . as well . "
Ecuador is now allies with Colombia and Venezuela.