Venezuelans flock to Colombia after border reopened

Venezuelans showing their IDs line up to cross the Simon Bolivar international bridge into Cucuta, Colombia, Saturday, June 8, 2019. (Photo by AP)

Thousands of people crossed into Colombia on Saturday to buy food and medicine after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro reopened the border between the countries that had been shut down for the past four months.

With the reopening, a flood of people seized on the opportunity to enter into the neighboring country in Tachira and secure items that are all but unattainable in Venezuela.

The South American nation's socialist government ordered the borders with Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Brazil and Colombia closed in February as the opposition tried to deliver food and medical supplies into the country.

(Source: AP) 


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