He San Francisco International Pass what CONECT Catamarca with Copiapó, Chile, will remain closed as of today, Friday, March 10, at the request of the Coordination of Chile, due to the fact that the control area of Maricunga There are problems with the electricity supply in the complex.
At the end of February both governments had announced the normalization of traffic at the border crossing starting this month, both for cargo transport and for tourism. El Paso San Francisco had been closed since the pandemic and only partially opened in January of this year.
Catamarca has made several diplomatic efforts for Chile to open the border crossing. In addition to the brake on exports and tourist activity, the province promotes the project of the ocean corridorwhich aims to increase the region’s trade flow with Asian markets through Chilean ports.
partial authorization
The Coordination of the San Francisco Border Center reported that the International Crossing will be partially enabled for all types of users on March 13, 16, 20 and 23 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the cut-off time being 2 p.m. departure of the last vehicle from both countries.
In this sense, the deadline was reduced by one hour, since it had been until 3:00 p.m.
